緩和

See also: 缓和

Chinese

		slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone	mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
trad. (緩和)		緩	和
simp. (缓和)		缓	和
anagram		和緩／和缓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǎnhé

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ wo⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oǎn-hô͘ / oān-hô / hoǎn-hô͘ / hoān-hô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǎnhé
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǎnhé
  - Wade–Giles: huan³-ho²
  - Yale: hwǎn-hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanher
  - Palladius: хуаньхэ (xuanʹxɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁶ wo⁴
  - Yale: wuhn wòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ wo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ wo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² wɔː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oǎn-hô͘
  - Tâi-lô: uǎn-hôo
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /uan²² hɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-hô
  - Tâi-lô: uān-hô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaxnhooi
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan²²⁻²¹ ho¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /uan²²⁻²¹ ho²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoǎn-hô͘
  - Tâi-lô: huǎn-hôo
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²² hɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-hô
  - Tâi-lô: huān-hô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxnhooi
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²²⁻²¹ ho¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²⁻²¹ ho²⁴/

Verb

緩和

to alleviate; to mitigate; to ease up
緩和政策／缓和政策 ― huǎnhé zhèngcè ― détente

Synonyms

和緩／和缓 (héhuǎn)
舒緩／舒缓 (shūhuǎn)

Derived terms

緩和醫療 / 缓和医疗 (huǎnhé yīliáo)

Adjective

緩和

mild

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緩	和
かん Grade: S	わ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんわ [kàńwá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃β̞a̠]

Noun

緩(かん)和(わ) • (kanwa)

relaxation, lessening in amount, alleviation

Verb

緩(かん)和(わ)する • (kanwa suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 緩(かん)和(わ)し (kanwa shi), past 緩(かん)和(わ)した (kanwa shita))

lessen in amount, alleviate, ease up
寒(さむ)さが緩和(かんわ)された。
Samusa ga kanwa sareta.
It got less cold.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "緩和する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	緩和し	かんわし	kanwa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	緩和し	かんわし	kanwa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	緩和する	かんわする	kanwa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	緩和する	かんわする	kanwa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	緩和すれ	かんわすれ	kanwa sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	緩和せよ¹ 緩和しろ²	かんわせよ¹ かんわしろ²	kanwa seyo¹ kanwa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	緩和される	かんわされる	kanwa sareru
Causative	緩和させる緩和さす	かんわさせるかんわさす	kanwa saseru kanwa sasu
Potential	緩和できる	かんわできる	kanwa dekiru
Volitional	緩和しよう	かんわしよう	kanwa shiyō
Negative	緩和しない	かんわしない	kanwa shinai
Negative continuative	緩和せず	かんわせず	kanwa sezu
Formal	緩和します	かんわします	kanwa shimasu
Perfective	緩和した	かんわした	kanwa shita
Conjunctive	緩和して	かんわして	kanwa shite
Hypothetical conditional	緩和すれば	かんわすれば	kanwa sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“緩和”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
緩	和

Noun

緩和 • (wanhwa) (hangeul 완화)

hanja form^? of 완화