Chinese symbol for “lifeless”
呆滞
dāi zhì
Traditional: 呆滯
dull; lifeless; sluggish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lifeless is 呆滞 (dāi zhì), defined as: dull; lifeless; sluggish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lifeless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 死气沉沉 (死氣沉沉) | sǐ qì chén chén | dead atmosphere; lifeless |
| 无生命 (無生命) | wú shēng mìng | non-living; inanimate; lifeless |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 呆滞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痴呆 | chī dāi | stupid; dull; (medicine) dementia |
| 呆子 | dāi zi | fool; sucker |
| 惊呆 (驚呆) | jīng dāi | stupefied; stunned |
| 发呆 (發呆) | fā dāi | to stare blankly; to be stunned |
| 书呆子 (書呆子) | shū dāi zi | bookworm; pedant |
| 停滞 (停滯) | tíng zhì | stagnation; at a standstill |
| 滞留 (滯留) | zhì liú | (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate |
| 滞后 (滯後) | zhì hòu | to lag behind |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lifeless”.
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.