HSK 6 · Verbs

怠慢 dàimàn “to neglect (a guest)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 怠慢 means

  1. to neglect (a guest)
  2. to treat coldly
  3. to slight
  4. to neglect

How to say 怠慢

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale怠dài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale慢màn4th tone, falling

怠慢 in a sentence

  1. 客人来了，可不能怠慢。

    Kèrén lái le, kě bù néng dàimàn.

    When guests come, you mustn’t neglect them.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们招待不周，怠慢您了。

    Wǒmen zhāodài bùzhōu, dàimàn nín le.

    Sorry we couldn’t look after you better.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 怠慢 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 怠 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
怠dàiidle
  • 台platform · tāiSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 台 (tāi) hints at the sound. Compare it with dài.

The character 慢 (màn) with each of its parts in a different colour
慢mànslow
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 曼long · mànSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 曼 (màn) hints at the sound. Compare it with màn.

How to write 怠慢

怠 9 strokes · 慢 14 strokes

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怠慢 (dàimàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 怠慢 (dàimàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 怠慢

Words with 慢

慢màn · slow慢性mànxìng · chronic (illness)

More words: Common Verbs

搭dā · to put up打包dǎbāo · to pack up达成dáchéng · to reach (an agreement)带领dàilǐng · to lead打击dǎjī · to strike打架dǎjià · to fight打量dǎliang · to size up捣乱dǎoluàn · to make trouble

FAQs

怠慢 (dàimàn) means “to neglect (a guest)” or “to treat coldly”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dàimàn: dài with a 4th tone, then màn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 怠慢 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daiman with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 怠慢 from the suggestions. Typing daiman into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
怠慢 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.