Chinese symbol for “loafer”
浪子
làng zǐ
loafer; wastrel; prodigal son
The closest CC-CEDICT match for loafer is 浪子 (làng zǐ), defined as: loafer; wastrel; prodigal son.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “loafer”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 浪子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浪费 (浪費) | làng fèi | to waste; to squander |
| 浪漫 | làng màn | romantic |
| 浪潮 | làng cháo | wave; tides |
| 流浪 | liú làng | to drift about; to wander |
| 海浪 | hǎi làng | sea wave |
| 波浪 | bō làng | wave |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
See also: Japanese symbol for “loafer”.
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.