懒
lazy
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How 懒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 赖 (phonetic, lài)
How to remember it
lazy · Heisig RSH #2655
state of mind + 赖 rely on
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 赖
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 赖 (lài) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赖 sound component | lài | to depend on, to rely on; to bilk, to deny; poor |
| 癞 | lài | leprosy; scabies, mange; shoddy |
| 籁 | lài | bamboo flute; flute, pipe; a musical note |
| 獭 | tǎ | otter |
| 濑 | lài | current, rapids |
Words containing 懒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懒人沙发 | lǎn rén shā fā | beanbag |
| 心灰意懒 | xīn huī yì lǎn | discouraged; downhearted |
| 懒人包 | lǎn rén bāo | (Tw) (neologism c. 2007) information presented in easily assimilable form (digest, summary… |
| 懒骨头 | lǎn gǔ tou | lazybones; beanbag |
| 懒得搭理 | lǎn de dā lǐ | not wishing to acknowledge sb; unwilling to respond |
| 好吃懒做 | hào chī lǎn zuò | happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom); all take and no give |
| 懒洋洋 | lǎn yāng yāng | lazily |
| 懒人 | lǎn rén | lazy person |
| 懒得 | lǎn de | to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to |
| 懒音 | lǎn yīn | (linguistics) phonological reduction; lazy pronunciation; allegro speech |
| 懒驴上磨屎尿多 | lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō | (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working; lit. When a lazy donkey i… |
| 树懒 | shù lǎn | sloth (zoology) |
| 懒汉 | lǎn hàn | idle fellow; lazybones |
| 懒虫 | lǎn chóng | (coll.) lazybones |
| 懒蛋 | lǎn dàn | idler; sluggard |
| 懒散 | lǎn sǎn | indolent; negligent; slack |
| 懒鬼 | lǎn guǐ | lazybones; idle bum |
| 懒腰 | lǎn yāo | a stretch (of one's body) |
| 懒猫 | lǎn māo | drowsy or slow-moving cat; (fig.) a lazybones |
| 睡懒觉 | shuì lǎn jiào | to sleep in |