緩慢

See also: 缓慢

Chinese

		slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone	slow
trad. (緩慢)		緩	慢
simp. (缓慢)		缓	慢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǎnmàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄇㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ maan⁶ / wun⁴ maan⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oǎn-bān / oān-bān / hoǎn-bān / hoān-bān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǎnmàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄇㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǎnmàn
  - Wade–Giles: huan³-man⁴
  - Yale: hwǎn-màn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanmann
  - Palladius: хуаньмань (xuanʹmanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ män⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁶ maan⁶ / wun⁴ maan⁶
  - Yale: wuhn maahn / wùhn maahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ maan⁶ / wun⁴ maan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ man⁶ / wun⁴ man⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² maːn²²/, /wuːn²¹ maːn²²/

Note: wun4 maan6 - non-standard.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oǎn-bān
  - Tâi-lô: uǎn-bān
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /uan²² ban⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-bān
  - Tâi-lô: uān-bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaxnban
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan²²⁻²¹ ban²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoǎn-bān
  - Tâi-lô: huǎn-bān
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²² ban⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-bān
  - Tâi-lô: huān-bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxnban
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huan²²⁻²¹ ban²²/

Adjective

緩慢

slow; sluggish; tardy

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 慢 (“slow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		慢, 緩慢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	慢
	Taiwan	慢
	Malaysia	慢
	Singapore	慢
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	慢
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	慢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	慢
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	慢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	慢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	慢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	慢, 嚤
	Hong Kong	慢, 嚤
	Yangjiang	慢
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	慢
	Singapore (Guangfu)	慢
Gan	Nanchang	慢
Hakka	Meixian	慢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	慢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	慢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	慢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	慢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	慢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	慢
	Kuching (Hepo)	慢
Jin	Taiyuan	慢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	慢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	慢
Southern Min	Xiamen	慢
	Quanzhou	慢
	Zhangzhou	慢
	Taipei	慢
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	慢
	Kaohsiung	慢
	Yilan	慢
	Changhua (Lukang)	慢
	Taichung	慢
	Tainan	慢, 惡 GT
	Hsinchu	慢
	Kinmen	慢
	Penghu (Magong)	慢
	Penang (Hokkien)	慢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	慢
	Manila (Hokkien)	慢
	Chaozhou	慢
	Shantou	慢
	Singapore (Teochew)	慢
	Wenchang	慢
	Singapore (Hainanese)	慢
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	慢
Wu	Shanghai	慢
	Shanghai (Yangpu)	慢
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	慢
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	慢
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	慢
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	慢
	Shanghai (Huinan, Pudong)	慢
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	慢
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	慢
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	慢
	Shanghai (Jiading)	慢
	Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan)	慢
	Shanghai (Chongming)	慢
	Suzhou	慢
	Ningbo	慢, 緩
	Wenzhou	慢
Xiang	Changsha	慢
Xiang	Shuangfeng	慢
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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不快 (bùkuài)
拖拉 (tuōlā)
拖沙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
拖沓 (tuōtà)
拖黐 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
舒緩 / 舒缓 (shūhuǎn)
遲緩 / 迟缓 (chíhuǎn)
遲鈍 / 迟钝 (chídùn)
黐拖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Antonyms

飛快／飞快 (fēikuài)
急速 (jísù)
快速 (kuàisù)
迅速 (xùnsù)
(Cantonese) 快脆 (faai3 ceoi3)
(Hokkien) 窸倏 (sī-sōa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緩	慢
かん Grade: S	まん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんまん [kàńmáń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kã̠mːã̠ɴ]

Adjective

緩(かん)慢(まん) • (kanman) -na (adnominal 緩(かん)慢(まん)な (kanman na), adverbial 緩(かん)慢(まん)に (kanman ni))

sluggish, slow, slack
- 1926, 宮本百合子, 京都人の生活:
  都市(とし)の活動(かつどう)が緩慢(かんまん)で、時間(じかん)と精力(せいりょく)にゆとりがある故(ゆえ)。
  Toshi no katsudō ga kanman de, jikan to seiryoku ni yutori ga aru yue.
  Activity in the city is slow, so people have time and energy to spare.
lax

Inflection

Inflection of 緩慢
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	緩慢だろ	かんまんだろ	kanman daro
Continuative (連用形)	緩慢で	かんまんで	kanman de
Terminal (終止形)	緩慢だ	かんまんだ	kanman da
Attributive (連体形)	緩慢な	かんまんな	kanman na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	緩慢なら	かんまんなら	kanman nara
Imperative (命令形)	緩慢であれ	かんまんであれ	kanman de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	緩慢ではない緩慢じゃない	かんまんではないかんまんじゃない	kanman de wa nai kanman ja nai
Informal past	緩慢だった	かんまんだった	kanman datta
Informal negative past	緩慢ではなかった緩慢じゃなかった	かんまんではなかったかんまんじゃなかった	kanman de wa nakatta kanman ja nakatta
Formal	緩慢です	かんまんです	kanman desu
Formal negative	緩慢ではありません緩慢じゃありません	かんまんではありませんかんまんじゃありません	kanman de wa arimasen kanman ja arimasen
Formal past	緩慢でした	かんまんでした	kanman deshita
Formal negative past	緩慢ではありませんでした緩慢じゃありませんでした	かんまんではありませんでしたかんまんじゃありませんでした	kanman de wa arimasen deshita kanman ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	緩慢で	かんまんで	kanman de
Conditional	緩慢なら（ば）	かんまんなら（ば）	kanman nara (ba)
Provisional	緩慢だったら	かんまんだったら	kanman dattara
Volitional	緩慢だろう	かんまんだろう	kanman darō
Adverbial	緩慢に	かんまんに	kanman ni
Degree	緩慢さ	かんまんさ	kanmansa

Noun

緩(かん)慢(まん) • (kanman)

References

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