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Meaning of 怠

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Pinyin: dài
English Definition: idle; lazy; negligent; careless
Chinese Definition:
①懒惰,忪懈:怠惰。怠倦。怠工。懈怠。
②轻慢,不尊敬:怠傲。怠慢。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (mind) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ tái ] platform; unit; term of address
    • [ xīn ] heart; mind; soul
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Example Words
懈怠 xiè dài slack; lazy; remiss
怠慢 dài màn to slight; to neglect
倦怠 juàn dài worn out; exhausted; dispirited
怠工 dài gōng to slacken off in one's work; to go slow (as a form of strike)
怠惰 dài duò idleness
More: 怠* | *怠 | *怠*
Example Sentences
1
To be fair a lot of the people I see in the shops may be topping off their batteries after a long mobile day on battery power but somehow I don't think they all could be.
2
Resist intellectual laziness, actively pursue answers instead of passively accepting them, and you' ll be the one giving the tips.
3
The greatest amount of exhaust emissions are produced at idle and during low-speed operation .
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And suddenly, the prospect of a phone that might lure me into a new level of educational laziness gave me the perverse urge to really learn something.
5
In the United States, the problems started with excesses and defaults in the subprime lending and housing markets.