HSK 6 · Adjectives

懒惰 lǎnduò “lazy” in Chinese

Traditional 懶惰

What 懒惰 means

  1. lazy
  2. idle

How to say 懒惰

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale懒lǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale惰duò4th tone, falling

懒惰 in a sentence

  1. 他骂他的儿子懒惰。

    Tā mà tā de érzi lǎnduò.

    He scolded his son for being lazy.

    Sentence #768239 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他对懒惰的人很严厉。

    Tā duì lǎnduò de rén hěn yánlì.

    He’s very strict with lazy people.

    Sentence #718451 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 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 is a bad sign for his future.

    Sentence #812351 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 懒惰 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 懒 (lǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
懒lǎnlazy
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 赖to depend on · làiSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 赖 (lài) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǎn.

The character 惰 (duò) with each of its parts in a different colour
惰duòlazy
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 左left · zuǒSound part
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 左 (zuǒ) hints at the sound. Compare it with duò.

How to write 懒惰

懒 16 strokes · 惰 12 strokes

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

Words related to 懒惰

Words with 懒

懒lǎn · lazy

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FAQs

懒惰 (lǎnduò) means “lazy” or “idle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lǎnduò: lǎn with a 3rd tone, then duò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 懒惰 is written 懶惰. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type landuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 懒惰 from the suggestions. Typing landuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
懒惰 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.