懶屍

See also: 懒尸 and 懶尸

Chinese

		lazy	body; corpse
trad. (懶屍/懶尸)		懶	屍/尸
simp. (懒尸)		懒	尸

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lân-sṳ̂ / nân-sṳ̂

  (Hailu, HRS): lan^ˋ shi^ˋ / nan^ˋ shi^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lan¹ si¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): lāng-*sĭ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lán-si / nōa-si

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lân-sṳ̂ / nân-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: lan^ˊ sii^ˊ / nan^ˊ sii^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lan¹ si¹ / nan¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/, /nan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lan^ˋ shi^ˋ / nan^ˋ shi^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /lan⁵³ ʃi⁵³/, /nan⁵³ ʃi⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lan¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lan⁴⁴ sz̩⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lāng-*sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃aŋ³³⁻²¹ si⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lán-si
    • Tâi-lô: lán-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lafnsy
    • IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /lan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /lan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nōa-si
    • Tâi-lô: nuā-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: noaxsy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nuã²²⁻²¹ si⁴⁴/

Adjective

懶屍

1. (Hakka, Hokkien, Eastern Min) lazy; unwilling to work
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) exhausted; dispirited

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		懶, 惰, 懈, 怠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		懶惰
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	懶
	Taiwan	懶
	Singapore	懶, 懶惰
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	懶
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	懶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	懶
	Wuhan	懶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	懶
	Hefei	懶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	懶, 蛇
	Hong Kong	懶, 蛇
	Taishan	懶
	Yangjiang	懶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	懶
Gan	Nanchang	懶
Hakka	Meixian	懶, 懶屍
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	懶屍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	懶屍
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	懶屍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	懶屍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	懶屍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	懶屍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	懶屍
Jin	Taiyuan	懶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	惰
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	懶, 懶屍, 懶漢, 二婿
Southern Min	Xiamen	貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 懶賤, 漚肉
	Quanzhou	貧惰, 臭惰, 荏懶, 臭肉, 漚肉
	Zhangzhou	貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 想死, 懶賤, 漚肉, 屎礐蟲
	Taipei	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Kaohsiung	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Yilan	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Changhua (Lukang)	貧惰
	Taichung	貧惰
	Tainan	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Hsinchu	貧惰
	Kinmen	貧惰
	Penghu (Magong)	貧惰
	Penang (Hokkien)	荏懶, 貧惰
	Singapore (Hokkien)	荏懶, 貧惰
	Manila (Hokkien)	貧惰, 荏懶, 臭惰, 臭骨
	Chaozhou	惰
	Shantou	惰
	Jieyang	惰
	Singapore (Teochew)	惰
	Leizhou	惰
	Haikou	惰
Wu	Shanghai	懶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	懶撲
	Suzhou	懶, 懶怕
	Wenzhou	懶
Xiang	Changsha	懶
	Shuangfeng	懶

Dialectal synonyms of 懶惰 (“lazy”) [map]

Derived terms

• 懶屍嫲 / 懒尸嫲
• 懶屍牯 / 懒尸牯
• 懶屍骨 / 懒尸骨
• 懶屍鬼 / 懒尸鬼

Verb

懶屍

1. (Eastern Min) to stay in bed for no reason

References

• “懶屍”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.