偷懶

See also: 偷懒

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	lazy
trad. (偷懶)		偷	懶
simp. (偷懒)		偷	懒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōulǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄌㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ laan⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thêu-lân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thau-lán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōulǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄌㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: toulǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-lan³
    • Yale: tōu-lǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toulaan
    • Palladius: тоулань (toulanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ län²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōulǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄌㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: toulǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-lan³-ʼrh
    • Yale: tōu-lǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toulaal
    • Palladius: тоуланьр (toulanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ lɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ laan⁵
    • Yale: tāu láahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ laan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ lan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ laːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thêu-lân
    • Hakka Romanization System: teu^ˊ lan^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu¹ lan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thau-lán
    • Tâi-lô: thau-lán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taularn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² lan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau³³ lan⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

偷懶

1. to lie down on the job; to shirk one's duties; to goldbrick; to slack off

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 偷懶 (“to slack off; to lie down on the job”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷懶, 躲懶, 偷閒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	躲懶兒, 偷懶兒, 脫懶兒
	Taiwan	偷懶
	Singapore	偷懶
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	躲懶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	躲懶, 隑懶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	躲懶, 放蛇, 偷雞
	Hong Kong	偷懶, 蛇王, 吞泡
	Dongguan	偷雞
Gan	Nanchang	偷懶
Hakka	Meixian	偷嫽
	Xingning	偷嫽, 怠懶
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	偷嫽
Jin	Taiyuan	偷懶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	躲懶
Southern Min	Xiamen	想惰
	Zhangzhou	想惰, 想死
	Penang (Hokkien)	食蛇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	偷懶