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懶
懶
See also: 懒
Translingual
Han character
懶 (radical 61 心+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 心木中金 (PDLC), four-corner 97086, composition ⿰忄賴)
References
- KangXi: page 408, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11455
- Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2368, character 13
- Unihan data for U+61F6
Chinese
| trad. | 懶 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 懒 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (賴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 賴 | *raːds |
| 籟 | *raːds |
| 癩 | *raːds, *raːd |
| 瀨 | *raːds |
| 藾 | *raːds |
| 攋 | *raːds, *reːdʔ, *raːd |
| 懶 | *raːnʔ |
| 嬾 | *raːnʔ |
| 獺 | *r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: lan3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laan
- IPA (key): /la̠n²¹⁴/
-
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: laan5
- Yale: láahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: laan5
- IPA (key): /lɑːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lân
- Hakka Romanization System: lan´
- Hagfa Pinyim: lan1
- IPA: /lan²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lán / nōa
- Tâi-lô: lán / nuā
- Phofsit Daibuun: larn, noa
- IPA (Xiamen): /lan⁵³/, /nua²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lan⁵⁵⁴/, /nua⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan⁵³/, /nua²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /lan⁵³/, /nua³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan⁴¹/, /nua³³/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 懶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 落旱切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lɑnX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/lɑnX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/lɑnX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lanX/ |
| Li Rong |
/lɑnX/ |
| Wang Li |
/lɑnX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lɑnX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lǎn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 懶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
lǎn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ lanX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[N-kə.]rˤanʔ/ |
| English | lazy |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 懶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7638 |
| Phonetic component |
賴 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
嬾 |
| Old Chinese |
/*raːnʔ/ |
| Notes | 俗嬾字集韻又從柬聲 |
Adjective
懶
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 懶惰 (“lazy”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 懶惰 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 懶 |
| Taiwan | 懶 | |
| Jinan | 懶 | |
| Xi'an | 懶 | |
| Wuhan | 懶 | |
| Chengdu | 懶 | |
| Yangzhou | 懶 | |
| Hefei | 懶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 懶、蛇 |
| Hong Kong | 懶、蛇 | |
| Taishan | 懶 | |
| Yangjiang | 懶 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 懶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 懶 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 懶尸 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 懶尸 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 懶尸 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 懶尸 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 懶尸 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 懶尸 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 懶 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 惰 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 懶、懶屍、懶漢 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 貧惰、臭惰、荏懶 |
| Xiamen | 貧惰、臭惰、懶屍、荏懶 | |
| Zhangzhou | 貧惰、臭惰、懶屍、荏懶 | |
| Taipei | 荏懶、貧惰、懶屍 | |
| Kaohsiung | 荏懶、貧惰、懶屍 | |
| Tainan | 荏懶、貧惰、懶屍 | |
| Taichung | 貧惰 | |
| Yilan | 荏懶、貧惰、懶屍 | |
| Lukang | 貧惰 | |
| Sanxia | 荏懶、貧惰、懶屍 | |
| Kinmen | 貧惰 | |
| Magong | 貧惰 | |
| Hsinchu | 貧惰 | |
| Malaysia | 貧惰 | |
| Chaozhou | 惰 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 懶、懶怕 |
| Wenzhou | 懶 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 懶 |
| Shuangfeng | 懶 | |
Compounds
Usage notes
- To translate the English construction "too lazy to X" (i.e., someone is feeling "too lazy" to do something), use 懶得／懒得:
Japanese
Kanji
懶
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