偷
懒

To goof off in Chinese: 偷懒 (tōu lǎn)

tōu lǎn

to goof off

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 偷懶1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to goof off
  2. 2to be lazy

Stroke order

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偷
懒

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄊㄡ

tōu

ㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou—/ first tone

ㄌㄢˇ

lǎn

ㄌ/ lㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

偷懒

Simplified

偷懶

Traditional

Example sentences

See 偷懒 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他一有机会就偷懒，不好好工作。

    tā yì yǒu jī huì jiù tōu lǎn， bù hǎo hǎo gōng zuò。

    He slacks off whenever he gets the chance instead of working hard.

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Related words

懒

lǎn

lazy

偷

tōu

to steal

小偷

xiǎo tōu

thief

偷偷

tōu tōu

stealthily

懒得

lǎn dé

not to feel like (doing sth)

懒惰

lǎn duò

idle

偷看

tōu kàn

to peep

偷窥

tōu kuī

to peep

小偷儿

xiǎotōur

Thief

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