懒散 (lǎn sǎn) — negligent, indolent, slack

Definition

adjective

negligentindolentslack

懒散，。
Tā zuì jìn gōng zuò hěn lǎn sǎn, jīng cháng chí dào.
He's been very slack at work lately, often late.
懒散。
Zhè zhǒng lǎn sǎn de shēng huó tài dù ràng tā shī qù le hěn duō jī huì.
This kind of negligent attitude towards life made him lose many opportunities.
，懒散，。
Fàng jià hòu, tā biàn de hěn lǎn sǎn, shén me dōu bù xiǎng zuò.
After the holiday, he became very lazy and didn't want to do anything.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

懒 (lazy) and 散 (slack) together describe a negligent, indolent manner.

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.

忄賴懶

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.

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

散 combines 林 (trees or forest) and 攴 (to knock or tap), originally showing knocking to clear vegetation, later extended to breaking up or dispersing.

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