怠
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idle; lazy; negligent; careless
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 怠
- Common rank
- #3,026
- Unicode
- U+6020
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Formation & memory
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Words with 怠
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 职业倦怠症 | professional boredom syndrome | |
| 不怠 | unremitting in one's efforts | |
| 怠工 | to slacken off in one's work; to go slow (as a form of strike) | |
| 怠速 | (automotive) idling; idle speed | |
| 不懈怠 | untiring; without slacking | |
| 怠慢 | to slight; to neglect | |
| 怠忽 | to neglect | |
| 懒怠 | lazy | |
| 倦怠 | worn out; exhausted; dispirited | |
| 懈怠 | slack; lazy; remiss | |
| 怠惰 | idleness |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 台 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 台 sound part | platform; unit; term of address | |
| 胎 | embryo, fetus; car tire | |
| 始 | to begin, to start; beginning | |
| 抬 | to carry, to lift, to raise | |
| 怡 | gladness, joy, pleasure; harmony | |
| 苔 | moss, lichen | |
| 笞 | bamboo rod used for beatings | |
| 贻 | to hand down, to give to, to bequeath | |
| 殆 | almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger | |
| 饴 | syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake | |
| 眙 | to gaze at; a place name | |
| 鲐 | mackerel; Pneumatophorus japonicus | |
| 跆 | to trample, to kick | |
| 炱 | soot | |
| 绐 | to pretend, to fool, to cheat | |
| 诒 | to bequeath, to pass on | |
| 迨 | while, until; to seize, to arrest | |
| 邰 | a state in Shanxi province; surname | |
| 骀 | tired old horse; tired, exhaused |