懒 (lǎn): lazy
懒 (lǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “lazy.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 赖 (phonetic). It ranks #2177 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 懒 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- lazy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懒得verb | lǎn de | to not feel like (doing sth) |
| 懒惰adjective | lǎn duò | idle |
| 偷懒verb | tōu lǎn | to goof off |
| 懒散adjective | lǎn sǎn | indolent |
| 懒鬼noun | lǎn guǐ | lazybones |
| 懒虫noun | lǎn chóng | (coll.) lazybones |
| 懒汉noun | lǎn hàn | idle fellow |
| 慵懒adjective | yōng lǎn | languid |
| 懒洋洋adjective | lǎn yāng yāng | lazily |
| 懒骨头noun | lǎn gǔ tou | lazybones |
| 懒腰noun | lǎn yāo | a stretch (of one's body) |
| 树懒noun | shù lǎn | sloth (zoology) |
| 伸懒腰verb | shēn lǎn yāo | to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc) |
| 躲懒verb | duǒ lǎn | to shy away from work |
| 好吃懒做phrase | hào chī lǎn zuò | happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) |
懒 appears in 29 compound words: 66 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 懒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
看到孩子的进步，父母懒中十分欣慰。
kàn dào hái zǐ de jìn bù , fù mǔ lǎn zhōng shí fēn xīn wèi .
Seeing their child's progress, the parents felt deeply gratified despite their laziness.
赵露思传执刘亦菲二摊 懒理是非骚香肩卖萌
zhào lù sī chuán zhí liú yì 菲 èr tān lǎn lǐ shì fēi sāo xiāng jiān mài méng
Zhao Lusi passed on Liu Yifei's second stall and was lazy to deal with right and wrong
...026年全港13间私家医院急症室最新收费懒人包 诊金最平$270
. . . 0 2 6 nián quán gǎng 1 3 jiān sī jiā yī yuàn jí zhèng shì zuì xīn shōu fèi lǎn rén bāo zhěn jīn zuì píng 2 7 0
... In 2026, the latest fee for the A&E departments of 13 private hospitals in Hong Kong is $270
财政预算案2026懒人包|派钱加免税额/公务员加薪/电车一换...
cái zhèng yù suàn àn 2 0 2 6 lǎn rén bāo pài qián jiā miǎn shuì é gōng wù yuán jiā xīn diàn chē yī huàn . . .
Budget 2026 Lazy Package|Distribute money plus tax exemptions/Civil servant salary increase/Tram replacement...
健康主题馆/懒人减重法 抖脚、转笔、做家事、站着说话都...
jiàn kāng zhǔ tí guǎn lǎn rén jiǎn chóng fǎ dǒu jiǎo , zhuǎn bǐ , zuò jiā shì , zhàn zhe shuō huà dōu . . .
Health theme hall/lazy weight loss method Shake your feet, turn the pen, do housework, stand and talk...
懒理陈佩琪酸“单身狗” 赖清德合体小英再晒...
lǎn lǐ chén pèi 琪 suān dān shēn gǒu lài qīng dé gě tǐ xiǎo yīng zài shài . . .
Lazy Chen Peiqi sour "single dog" Lai Qingde combined body Xiaoying to post again...
他对懒惰的人很严厉。
Tā duì lǎnduò de rén hěn yánlì.
He is very hard on lazy people.
炎热潮湿的天气使我们变得懒散。
Yánrè cháoshī de tiānqì shǐ wǒmen biànde lǎnsǎn.
Hot and humid weather makes us lazy.
他的懒惰是他未来不好的预兆。
Tā de lǎnduò shì tā wèilái bù hǎo de yùzhào.
His laziness boded ill for the future.
猫弓起背，伸了个懒腰。
Māo gōng qǐ bèi, shēn le gè lǎnyāo.
The cat arched its back and stretched itself.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (heart) component
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