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

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): /ʃyː²² laːn¹³/

Noun

樹懶

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	Hyōgaiji
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])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) なまけもの [nàmákémónóꜜ] (Odaka – [5])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠ke̞mo̞no̞]

Noun

樹懶(なまけもの) • (namakemono)

a sloth (mammal)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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