樹懶

See also: 树懒

Chinese

		tree	lazy
trad. (樹懶)		樹	懶
simp. (树懒)		树	懒
Literally: “tree lazy”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùlǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄌㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁶ laan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùlǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄌㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùlǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-lan³
    • Yale: shù-lǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhlaan
    • Palladius: шулань (šulanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ län²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu⁶ laan⁵
    • Yale: syuh láahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁶ laan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁶ lan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²² laːn¹³/

Noun

樹懶

1. sloth (mammal) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c) [from 19th c.]

   • 樹懶持攬樹枝。 [MSC, trad.]
     树懒持揽树枝。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1864, "第五十二課。獸之行動論 [Lesson 52. Motions of Animals]", in 《智環啟蒙塾課初步》 [Graduated Reading; Comprising a Circle of Knowledge, in 200 Lessons. Gradation 1], second edition, Hongkong: London Missionary Society's Press

     Shùlǎn chílǎn shùzhī. [Pinyin]

     [T]he sloth clings to branches.

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 木狗 (mùgǒu), 懶面／懒面

Japanese

Kanji in this term
樹	懶
なまけもの
Grade: 6	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
怠け者 怠者 懶け者 懶者

ナマケモノ (a sloth)

Etymology

From 怠け者 (“slob”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 樹懶 / 树懒 (shùlǎn).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なまけもの [nàmákémónó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) なまけもの [nàmákémónóꜜ] (Odaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠ke̞mo̞no̞]

Noun

樹懶(なまけもの) or 樹懶(ナマケモノ) • (namakemono) 

1. a sloth (mammal)