Chinese symbol for “lazy”
懒
lǎn
Traditional: 懶
lazy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lazy is 懒 (lǎn), defined as: lazy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lazy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惰 | duò | lazy |
| 懒惰 (懶惰) | lǎn duò | idle; lazy |
| 懈怠 | xiè dài | slack; lazy |
| 怠 | dài | idle; lazy |
| 懒怠 (懶怠) | lǎn dài | lazy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 懒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懒得 (懶得) | lǎn de | to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to |
| 懒惰 (懶惰) | lǎn duò | idle; lazy |
| 懒散 (懶散) | lǎn sǎn | indolent; negligent; slack |
| 偷懒 (偷懶) | tōu lǎn | to be lazy when effort is expected; to slack off |
| 懒人 (懶人) | lǎn rén | lazy person |
| 慵懒 (慵懶) | yōng lǎn | languid; indolent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lazy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.