松松垮垮

鬆鬆垮垮

sōngsōngkuǎkuǎ

adjective #35,914

Meanings

1 loose and slack
2 baggy
3 slipshod
4 lacking discipline or structure

Characters

loose (reduplicated)

to collapse, slack

to collapse (reduplicated)

Examples

他穿着一条松松垮垮的牛仔裤。

Tā chuān zhe yì tiáo sōngsōngkuǎkuǎ de niúzǎikù.

He's wearing a pair of baggy jeans.

团队管理松松垮垮，效率很低。

Tuánduì guǎnlǐ sōngsōngkuǎkuǎ, xiàolǜ hěn dī.

Team management is slipshod and efficiency is low.

Tips

grammar

AABB reduplication of 松垮 intensifies the looseness and adds vivid texture — like English 'all loosey-goosey'. Common pattern in Chinese for evocative adjectives: 干干净净, 漂漂亮亮, 马马虎虎.

Stroke Order

松 sōng

垮 kuǎ