huǎn

Traditional: 緩

HSK 7–9

缓 (huǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “slow; unhurried; sluggish”.

Meanings

  1. 1slow
  2. 2unhurried
  3. 3sluggish
  4. 4gradual
  5. 5not tense
  6. 6relaxed
  7. 7to postpone
  8. 8to defer
  9. 9to stall
  10. 10to stave off
  11. 11to revive
  12. 12to recuperate
Part of speech
verb

Related words

缓解to bring relief缓慢slow; unhurried; sluggish缓刑suspended sentence缓缓slowly缓和to ease (tension)减缓to slow down舒缓to ease (tension)延缓to defer迟缓slow缓冲buffer暂缓to postpone轻重缓急slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first

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