懒

懶

lǎn

adjective HSK 6 #6,350

Meanings

Tā tài lǎn le, shénme dōu bù xiǎng zuò.

He's too lazy and doesn't want to do anything.

Bié tōu lǎn!

Don't be lazy! / Don't slack off!

Zhōumò wǒ xiǎng lǎn zài jiālǐ bù chūmén.

On weekends I want to laze around at home and not go out.

Lǎnrén yǒu lǎn bànfǎ.

Lazy people have lazy methods. (Necessity is the mother of invention.)

usage

偷懒 (tōu lǎn) means 'to slack off / to be lazy on the sly.' 懒得 (lǎn de) + verb means 'too lazy to do something': 我懒得出去 (I'm too lazy to go out).

懒 lǎn