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怠

dài

HSK 6 Character

What 怠 means

1. idle
2. lazy
3. negligent
4. careless

Example sentences

• 他怠忽职守了。
  Tā dàihū zhíshǒu le.
  He neglected his duties.
• 不要觉得真诚的爱必需惊天动地。我们需要的，是不会倦怠的爱。
  Bù yào juéde zhēnchéng de ài bìxū jīngtiāndòngdì. wǒmen xūyào de, shì bù huì juàndài de ài.
  Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.

Words starting with 怠

• 怠慢dài mànto slight; to neglect
• 怠工dài gōngto slacken off in one's work; to go slow (as a form of strike)
• 怠忽dài hūto neglect
• 怠惰dài duòidleness
• 怠速dài sù(automotive) idling; idle speed

Words containing 怠

• 懈怠xiè dàislack; lazy; remiss
• 倦怠juàn dàiworn out; exhausted; dispirited
• 不怠bù dàiunremitting in one's efforts
• 懒怠lǎn dàilazy
• 不懈怠bù xiè dàiuntiring; without slacking
• 职业倦怠症zhí yè juàn dài zhèngprofessional boredom syndrome

Characters built on 台

These share the phonetic component 台 (tái), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 胎tāifetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding)
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 苔tāiused in 舌苔
• 殆dài(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 跆táito trample, to kick
• 邰Táisurname Tai; name of a feudal state
• 绐dàito cheat; to pretend; to deceive
• 炱táisoot

Characters that look like 怠

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 态tài(bound form); appearance; shape
• 急jíurgent; pressing; rapid
• 鬼guǐdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc…
• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 扇shànfan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc

Sounds the same

Read dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 带band; belt; girdle
• 戴to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 袋pouch; bag; sack
• 代to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 待to wait; to treat; to deal with
• 贷to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 逮(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 黛umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
• 殆(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 玳tortoise shell; turtle
• 岱Mt Tai in Shandong; same as 泰山
• 埭dam