懶 (laan5 | lan3) : lazy; listless

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懶

laan5

lan3

[1] lazy; indolent; slothful
[2] listless; sluggish; languid

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

懶 / 懒

This word has been viewed 12254 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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偷懶 tau1 laan5 tou1 lan3 = lazy

懶音 laan5 jam1 lan3 yin1 = lazy sound

躲懶 do2 laan5 = to shy away from work; to shun work

大食懶 daai6 sik6 laan5 = lazy (sits around eating too much doing nothing), a lazy person 粵

懶懶地 laan5 laan5*2 dei6*2 = a little lazy

懶惰 laan5 do6 lan3 duo4 = lazy

偷懶的人員 tau1 laan5 dik1 jan4 jyun4 = shirker 國

懶瞓豬 laan5 fan3 zyu1 = a lazy pig (who sleeps all day) 粵

懶人 laan5 jan4 = a lazy person, a deadbeat

懶人多屎尿 laan5 jan4 do1 si2 niu6 = to do nothing but make excuses and loaf (lit., "a lazy person often goes to the toilet")
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只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。國
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 懶
Unicode code for this character: U+61f6 (off-site link)

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