懒
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lǎn · lazy, languid, listless

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16Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 懒

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lǎnWords pronounced lǎn
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Example sentences

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Wǒ kàn tā, chī le yòu shuì, shuì le yòu chī, yóu xì dǎ le yòu dǎ, lǎnde bùdéliǎo!我看他,吃了又睡,睡了又吃,游戏打了又打,懒得不得了!

I see him eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, playing games whenever, lazy in the utmost!

Source: Tatoeba #420136 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de lǎn duò shì tā wèi lái bù hǎo de yù zhào.他的懒惰是他未来不好的预兆。

His laziness was a bad omen for the future.

Source: Tatoeba #812351 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Suǒ yǒu rén dōu xǐhuan tōu lǎn.所有人都喜欢偷懒。

Everybody likes to goof off.

Source: Tatoeba #1417575 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ shì yí gè dà lǎn guǐ.你是一个大懒鬼。

You are a big slacker.

Source: Tatoeba #2794651 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Māo gōng qǐ bèi, shēn le gè lǎn yāo.猫弓起背,伸了个懒腰。

The cat arched its back and stretched itself.

Source: Tatoeba #818812 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ lǎnde zhěng lǐ wǒ de tóufa, suǒ yǐ wǒ kàn qǐ lái jiù xiàng gè lǎn hàn.我懒得整理我的头发,所以我看起来就像个懒汉。

I'm lazy about my hair, so I tend to look like a slob.

Source: Tatoeba #2131807 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 懒 in context

  1. Say lǎn, then recall the core meaning: lazy, languid, listless.
  2. Write all 16 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 懒得 (lǎn de), meaning “to not feel like”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 懒 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.