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dài

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dài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dài | dai4
English translation
idle
lazy
negligent
careless
idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect

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About dài

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

dài

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

mind

Etymology of dài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

台心

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Tái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Tái represents the sound.

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Example sentences using dài

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他们 tā men shì 我们 wǒmen 民族 mínzú duì lǎn dài de 纵容 zòng róng .

They're the national apology for indolence.

yǒu de 勤奋 qínfèn 工作 gōngzuò ,有的 yǒu de 消极怠工.

Some are hard at work and some are slack in work.

这些 zhè xiē 官员 guān yuán 感到 gǎn dào shòu le 怠慢 dàimàn 于是 yúshì 大声 dà shēng 抱怨 bàoyuàn 起来 qǐlai

The officials felt taken for granted and grumbled loudly.

警告 jǐnggào shuì 对待 duìdài 通货膨胀 tōnghuòpéngzhàng 不能 bù néng yǒu 一丝 de 懈怠 xiè dài

She warned that there was no room for complacency on inflation.

很难 jiāng 这些 zhè xiē rén 简单 jiǎndān de 看作 kàn zuò shì 装病 zhuāng bìng 怠工 dài gōng de 员工 yuángōng

These people are difficult to write off as malingering employees.

Words with dài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dài idle dài
怠慢 dàimàn to slight怠慢 dàimàn
倦怠 juàn dài worn out倦怠 juàn dài
懈怠 xiè dài slack懈怠 xiè dài
怠工 dài gōng to slacken off in one's work怠工 dài gōng
怠惰 dài duò idleness怠惰 dài duò
懒怠 lǎn dài lazy懶怠

dài Decomposition & Compounds

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dài Decomposition

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