冗 rǒng — redundant; superfluous; idle
冗
Level 1 · Common HSK 7-9 #172
Variant:
宂
rǒng rong3
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
- adjective ( 《说文》:“散也。从宀儿(人)，人在屋下，无田事也。”儿，“人”的古文形体。本义:闲散)
- adjective free and at leisure e.g 冗从 · 冗职 · 冗兵 · 冗食 · 冗人 · 冗口 · 冗吏
- adjective superfluous e.g 冗列 · 冗局 · 冗句 · 冗积 · 冗僭 · 冗辞 · 冗蠹
- adjective mediocre
- adjective miscellaneous
- adjective busy
- adjective scattered
- adjective useless
- adjective common
Related words
- 冗长 long and tedious; verbose; lengthy
- 冗员 redundant personnel; superfluous staff
- 拨冗 to take the time off (polite); to spare from a busy schedule
- 冗官 supernumerary officials; redundant government posts
- 繁冗 lengthy and tedious; verbose and cumbersome
- 冗杂 miscellaneous and messy; cumbersome
- 冗余 redundancy; superfluous
- 冗务 multifarious duties; tedious chores