懒洋洋

懶洋洋
lǎnyāngyāng
adjective #32,342

Meanings

  1. 1 lazily
  2. 2 languidly
  3. 3 in a relaxed, listless manner

Examples

Māo lǎnyāngyāng de tǎng zài yángguāng xià.
The cat lay lazily in the sunshine.
Zhōumò zǎoshang tā lǎnyāngyāng de tǎng zài chuáng shàng.
On Saturday morning he lay languidly in bed.

Tips

grammar
ABB pattern adjective: (lǎn, 'lazy') + reduplicated = a vivid descriptive form. The reduplicated suffix also appears in 喜洋洋 (xǐyāngyāng, 'cheerful'), (nuǎnyāngyāng, 'pleasantly warm'), 得意洋洋 (déyì yāngyāng, 'smugly pleased') — it's a productive intensifier suggesting an overflowing, pervasive quality.
usage
Almost always used as a manner adverb with : 懒洋洋 ('lying lazily'), 懒洋洋 ('walking lazily'). The note in CC-CEDICT writes the pinyin as lǎn yāng yāng — though casual speech often softens to lǎn yáng yáng; the standard reading takes the first tone.

Stroke Order

lǎn
yáng