Chinese symbol for “sloppy”
吊儿郎当
diào r láng dāng
Traditional: 吊兒郎當
sloppy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sloppy is 吊儿郎当 (diào r láng dāng), defined as: sloppy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sloppy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 草率 | cǎo shuài | careless; negligent |
| 马虎 (馬虎) | mǎ hu | careless; sloppy |
| 稀松 (稀鬆) | xī sōng | poor; sloppy |
| 粗枝大叶 (粗枝大葉) | cū zhī dà yè | thick stems and broad leaves (idiom); boorish |
| 大而化之 | dà ér huà zhī | careless; sloppy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吊儿郎当.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吊销 (吊銷) | diào xiāo | to suspend (an agreement); to revoke |
| 上吊 | shàng diào | to hang oneself |
| 吊死 | diào sǐ | death by hanging; to hang oneself |
| 吊唁 | diào yàn | to offer condolences (for the deceased); to condole |
| 提心吊胆 (提心吊膽) | tí xīn diào dǎn | (idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 儿童 (兒童) | ér tóng | child |
| 女郎 | nǚ láng | young woman; maiden |
| 当时 (當時) | dāng shí | then; at that time |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sloppy”.
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.