倦怠

Chinese

		tired	idle; lazy; negligent idle; lazy; negligent; careless
simp. and trad. (倦怠)		倦	怠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juàndài

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun⁶ toi⁵ / gyun⁶ doi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juàndài
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàndài
  - Wade–Giles: chüan⁴-tai⁴
  - Yale: jywàn-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuannday
  - Palladius: цзюаньдай (czjuanʹdaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gyun⁶ toi⁵ / gyun⁶ doi⁶
  - Yale: gyuhn tóih / gyuhn doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gyn⁶ toi⁵ / gyn⁶ doi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gün⁶ toi⁵ / gün⁶ doi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyːn²² tʰɔːi̯¹³/, /kyːn²² tɔːi̯²²/

Adjective

倦怠

sluggish; weary; lethargic
職業倦怠／职业倦怠 ― zhíyè juàndài ― job burnout

Synonyms

乏力 (fálì)
勞累 / 劳累 (láolèi)
勞頓 / 劳顿 (láodùn)
厭𤺪 / 厌𤺪 (Hokkien)
困乏 (kùnfá)
困頓 / 困顿 (kùndùn)
懶 / 懒 (lǎn)
疲乏 (pífá)
疲倦 (píjuàn)
疲勞 / 疲劳 (píláo)
疲困 (píkùn) (literary)
疲憊 / 疲惫 (píbèi)
精疲力盡 / 精疲力尽 (jīngpílìjìn)
精疲力竭 (jīngpílìjié)
累 (lèi)
頓 / 顿 (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倦	怠
けん Jinmeiyō	たい Grade: S
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんたい [kèńtáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞nta̠i]

Noun

倦(けん)怠(たい) • (kentai) ^{←けんたい (kentai)^?}

Derived terms

倦(けん)怠(たい)感(かん) (kentaikan)
倦(けん)怠(たい)期(き) (kentaiki)

Related terms

だるい (darui)

Verb

倦(けん)怠(たい)する • (kentai suru) ^{←けんたい (kentai)^?}intransitive suru (stem 倦(けん)怠(たい)し (kentai shi), past 倦(けん)怠(たい)した (kentai shita))

to get tired of; to get bored with
to feel tired; to feel heavy

Conjugation

Conjugation of "倦怠する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	倦怠し	けんたいし	kentai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	倦怠し	けんたいし	kentai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	倦怠する	けんたいする	kentai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	倦怠する	けんたいする	kentai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	倦怠すれ	けんたいすれ	kentai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	倦怠せよ¹ 倦怠しろ²	けんたいせよ¹ けんたいしろ²	kentai seyo¹ kentai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	倦怠される	けんたいされる	kentai sareru
Causative	倦怠させる倦怠さす	けんたいさせるけんたいさす	kentai saseru kentai sasu
Potential	倦怠できる	けんたいできる	kentai dekiru
Volitional	倦怠しよう	けんたいしよう	kentai shiyō
Negative	倦怠しない	けんたいしない	kentai shinai
Negative continuative	倦怠せず	けんたいせず	kentai sezu
Formal	倦怠します	けんたいします	kentai shimasu
Perfective	倦怠した	けんたいした	kentai shita
Conjunctive	倦怠して	けんたいして	kentai shite
Hypothetical conditional	倦怠すれば	けんたいすれば	kentai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲倦怠”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
倦	怠

Noun

倦怠 • (gwontae) (hangeul 권태)

hanja form^? of 권태 (“fatigue; languor”)