Chinese edit

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

Etymology edit

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 edit


Verb edit

杜撰

  1. to fabricate; to forge; to make up

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

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

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
さん
Jinmeiyō
goon kan’on

Etymology edit

/dusan//d͡zusaɴ//zusaɴ/

Borrowed from Chinese 杜撰 (dùzhuàn).

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()(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 edit

Noun edit

()(さん) (zusanづさん (dusan)?

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

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

()(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 edit

References edit

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