倦怠

juàndài
adjective #33,999

Meanings

  1. 1 weary
  2. 2 exhausted
  3. 3 burned out
  4. 4 listless

Examples

Liánxù jiābān ràng tā gǎndào shēnxīn juàndài.
Working overtime non-stop has left him physically and mentally exhausted.
Tā duì zhè fèn gōngzuò jiànjiàn chǎnshēng le juàndàigǎn.
She has gradually developed a sense of burnout toward this job.

Tips

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倦怠 is more literary than (lèi, 'tired') and carries a sense of deeper, sustained fatigue — physical exhaustion plus loss of motivation. The compound 职业倦怠 (zhíyè juàndài) is the standard Chinese translation of 'burnout' in psychology.
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'weary' + 'slack/lazy' — when you're so tired your effort itself goes slack.

Stroke Order

juàn
dài