緩急

Chinese

		slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone	hurried; worried
trad. (緩急)		緩	急
simp. (缓急)		缓	急
anagram		急緩／急缓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǎnjí

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ gap¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoǎn-kip / oān-kip

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǎnjí
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǎnjí
  - Wade–Giles: huan³-chi²
  - Yale: hwǎn-jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanjyi
  - Palladius: хуаньцзи (xuanʹczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁶ gap¹
  - Yale: wuhn gāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ gap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ geb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² kɐp̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoǎn-kip
  - Tâi-lô: huǎn-kip
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²² kip̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-kip
  - Tâi-lô: uān-kip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaxnkib
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan³³⁻²¹ kip̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /uan³³⁻¹¹ kip̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan²²⁻²¹ kip̚³²/

Noun

緩急

pressing or otherwise; greater or lesser urgency; degree of urgency
emergency

Derived terms

緩急相濟 / 缓急相济
緩急輕重 / 缓急轻重
輕重緩急 / 轻重缓急 (qīngzhònghuǎnjí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緩	急
かん Grade: S	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

/kwankipu/ → /kwankifu/ → /kwankiu/ → /kwankjuː/ → /kankjuː/

From Middle Chinese 緩急 (MC hwanX kip).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんきゅう [káꜜǹkyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) かんきゅう [kàńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋʲkʲɨː]

Noun

緩(かん)急(きゅう) • (kankyū) ^{←くわんきふ (kwankifu)^?}

looseness and tightness
slowness and quickness
emergency
- the Edict on Education of 1890 (ja: 教育勅語 kyōiku chokugo)
  一(いっ)旦(たん)緩(かん)急(きゅう)あれば義(ぎ)勇(ゆう)公(こう)に奉(ほう)じ、以(も)って天(てん)壌(じょう)無(む)窮(きゅう)の皇(こう)運(うん)を扶(ふ)翼(よく)すべし。
  Ittan kankyū areba giyū kō ni hōji, motte tenjōmukyū no kōun o fuyoku subeshi.
  If an emergency arises, you must loyally and courageously serve the public, and thus support the infinite royal destiny.

Synonyms

(slowness and quickness): 遅(ち)速(そく) (chisoku), 疾(しつ)徐(じょ) (shitsujo)
(emergency): 緊(きん)急(きゅう) (kinkyū)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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