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

to collapse, slack

Examples

HSK 5

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.

HSK 7-9

他穿着一条松松垮垮的牛仔裤。

Tā chuānzhe yì tiáo sōngsōngkuǎkuǎ de niúzǎikù.

He's wearing a pair of baggy jeans.

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