HSK 4 · Adjectives

懒 lǎn “lazy” in Chinese

Traditional 懶

What 懒 means

  1. lazy

How to say 懒

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale懒lǎn3rd tone, dipping

懒 in a sentence

  1. 他很懒。

    Tā hěn lǎn.

    He’s lazy.

    Sentence #343917 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 不要那么懒啊！

    Bú yào nàme lǎn a!

    Don’t be so lazy!

    Sentence #2383158 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 确实我有点懒。

    Quèshí wǒ yǒudiǎn lǎn.

    I really am a bit lazy.

    Sentence #1086963 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 懒 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.

How to write 懒

懒 16 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 懒

Words with 懒

懒惰lǎnduò · lazy

More words: Adjectives

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FAQs

懒 (lǎn) means “lazy”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it lǎn: lǎn with a 3rd 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 is written 懶. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 懒 from the suggestions. Typing lan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
懒 is an HSK 4 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.