Chinese symbol for “remiss”
懈怠
xiè dài
slack; lazy; remiss
The closest CC-CEDICT match for remiss is 懈怠 (xiè dài), defined as: slack; lazy; remiss.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “remiss”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 懈怠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不懈 | bù xiè | untiring; unremitting |
| 坚持不懈 (堅持不懈) | jiān chí bù xiè | (idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end |
| 松懈 (鬆懈) | sōng xiè | to relax; to relax efforts |
| 无懈可击 (無懈可擊) | wú xiè kě jī | (idiom) impossible to fault; impeccable |
| 不懈怠 | bù xiè dài | untiring; without slacking |
| 怠慢 | dài màn | to slight; to neglect |
| 倦怠 | juàn dài | worn out; exhausted |
| 怠惰 | dài duò | idleness |
See also: Japanese symbol for “remiss”.
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.