Chinese

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Du (surname) compose; compile
trad. (杜撰)
simp. #(杜撰)
Literally: “written by Du (Mo)”.

Etymology

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From the name of a Song Dynasty poet Du Mo, whose poetry works often do not conform to the metre patterns of classical Chinese poetry.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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杜撰

  1. to fabricate; to forge; to make up

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (杜撰):
  • Japanese: 杜撰(ずさん) (zusan)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
さん
Jinmeiyō
goon kan'on

Etymology

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/dusan//d͡zusaɴ//zusaɴ/

Borrowed from Chinese 杜撰 (dùzhuàn).

Also pronounced zuzan (with rendaku) in older texts.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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()(さん) (zusanづさん (dusan)?-na (adnominal ()(さん) (zusan na), adverbial ()(さん) (zusan ni))

  1. sloppy, careless
    Synonyms: 粗漏 (sorō), でたらめ (detarame)

Inflection

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Noun

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()(さん) (zusanづさん (dusan)?

  1. sloppiness, carelessness
  2. a piece of writing with either unreliable sources or many errors

Derived terms

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Verb

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()(さん)する (zusan suruづさん (dusan)?suru (stem ()(さん) (zusan shi), past ()(さん)した (zusan shita))

  1. to make sloppy errors

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.