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懒得 (lǎn de) — not to feel like (doing sth), disinclined to (due to laziness or lack of interest)

Definition

懒得 (lǎn de) means "can't be bothered / don't feel like" doing something — it's about your mood or laziness in the moment. Unlike 偷懒, which is actively slacking on a duty, 懒得 just describes your lack of motivation.

verb
not to feel like (doing sth)disinclined to (due to laziness or lack of interest)

Examples

  • ，懒得。
    Jīn tiān tiān qì bù hǎo, wǒ lǎn de qù jiàn shēn fáng le.
    The weather is bad today, so I don't feel like going to the gym.
  • 懒得，。
    Tā lǎn de fù xí, jié guǒ kǎo shì méi jí gé.
    He didn't feel like reviewing, so he ended up failing the exam.
  • 懒得，。
    Zhōu mò wǒ lǎn de qǐ chuáng, yì zhí tǎng dào zhōng wǔ.
    On weekends I don't feel like getting up and just lie in bed until noon.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 懶; 懒 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
賴
賴lài懶lǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 懶 pairs 忄 (heart) with 賴, which gives the sound; the simplified 懒 is a later shorthand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The old form 㝵 showed a hand picking up a cowry, meaning to obtain; later changes turned that picture into 得.

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