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怠

dài
adjective #40,050

Meanings

  1. 1 idle; lazy
  2. 2 negligent; slack
  3. 3 to slight; to treat coldly

Examples

我们要继续努力，不可懈怠。
Wǒmen yào jìxù nǔlì, bùkě xièdài.
We must keep working hard and never grow slack or complacent.
今天怠慢了您，真抱歉。
Jīntiān dàimàn le nín, zhēn bàoqiàn.
I'm sorry I neglected you as a guest today.
有些工人怠工，拖累了效率。
Yǒuxiē gōngrén dàigōng, tuōlěi le xiàolǜ.
Some workers were slacking off, dragging down efficiency.

Tips

usage
Common in 懈怠 ('to slack off'), 怠慢 ('to neglect a guest; please excuse my poor hospitality') and 怠工 ('to deliberately work slowly, a go-slow').

Components

radical
心 xīn
heart; mind
The heart radical at the bottom gives the meaning: laziness and negligence are framed as a slack state of the heart and will, placing this among the inner-attitude characters.
phonetic
台 tái
platform; stage
On top it supplies the sound: 台 shifted to dài. It carries no 'platform' meaning here, only the phonetic value, as also in 殆.

Stroke Order

怠 dài