Chinese word dictionary

躲懒

duǒ lǎn · to shy away from work; to get by without attending duty

Practice word

Word information

Simplified躲懒

Traditional躲懶

Pinyinduǒ lǎn

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

躲duǒ

to evade, to escape; to hide, to take shelter

懒lǎn

lazy, languid, listless

How to learn 躲懒

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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懒lǎn

lazy; variant of 懶|懒[lan3]

躲duǒ

to hide; to dodge; to avoid

躲避duǒbì

to hide; to evade; to dodge; to take shelter; to avoid (difficulties)

懒得lǎnde

to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to

懒惰lǎnduò

idle; lazy

偷懒tōulǎn

to goof off; to be lazy