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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

浪 làng
breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
子 zǐ
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “loafer”

WordPinyinMeaning
二流子èr liú ziloafer; idler
阿混ā hùn(dialect) idler; loafer

Related words

Other words that share a character with 浪子.

WordPinyinMeaning
浪费 (浪費)làng fèito waste; to squander
浪漫làng mànromantic
浪潮làng cháowave; tides
流浪liú làngto drift about; to wander
海浪hǎi làngsea wave
波浪bō làngwave
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison

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.