| 1 | 缓慢 | 緩慢 | huǎn màn | huan3 man4 | slow; slow-moving | | |
| 2 | 缓缓 | 緩緩 | huǎn huǎn | huan3 huan3 | slowly; unhurriedly; little by little | | |
| 3 | 缓 | 緩 | huǎn | huan3 | slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate | | |
| 4 | 缓和 | 緩和 | huǎn hé | huan3 he2 | to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild | | |
| 5 | 缓解 | 緩解 | huǎn jiě | huan3 jie3 | to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis); to dull (a pain) | | |
| 6 | 缓急轻重 | 緩急輕重 | huǎn jí qīng zhòng | huan3 ji2 qing1 zhong4 | slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first; sense of priority; also written 轻重缓急 | | |
| 7 | 缓征 | 緩徵 | huǎn zhēng | huan3 zheng1 | to suspend taxes momentarily; to postpone military draft | | |
| 8 | 缓刑 | 緩刑 | huǎn xíng | huan3 xing2 | suspended sentence; probation | | |
| 9 | 缓气 | 緩氣 | huǎn qì | huan3 qi4 | to get one's breath back; to take a breather | | |
| 10 | 缓期付款 | 緩期付款 | huǎn qī fù kuǎn | huan3 qi1 fu4 kuan3 | to defer payment | | |
| 11 | 缓期 | 緩期 | huǎn qī | huan3 qi1 | to defer; to put off (until later); to postpone | | |
| 12 | 缓聘 | 緩聘 | huǎn pìn | huan3 pin4 | to defer employment; to put off hiring | | |
| 13 | 缓降器 | 緩降器 | huǎn jiàng qì | huan3 jiang4 qi4 | cable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire) | | |
| 14 | 缓降 | 緩降 | huǎn jiàng | huan3 jiang4 | to decrease gradually; to descend gradually | | |
| 15 | 缓颊 | 緩頰 | huǎn jiá | huan3 jia2 | to urge reconciliation; to dissuade from punitive action | | |
| 16 | 缓急相济 | 緩急相濟 | huǎn jí xiāng jì | huan3 ji2 xiang1 ji4 | to help one another in difficulty; mutual assistance in extremity | | |
| 17 | 缓急 | 緩急 | huǎn jí | huan3 ji2 | priority; whether sth is urgent | | |
| 18 | 缓发中子 | 緩發中子 | huǎn fā zhōng zǐ | huan3 fa1 zhong1 zi3 | delayed neutron | | |
| 19 | 缓动 | 緩動 | huǎn dòng | huan3 dong4 | sluggish | | |
| 20 | 缓存 | 緩存 | huǎn cún | huan3 cun2 | (computing) cache; buffer memory | | |
| 21 | 缓冲器 | 緩衝器 | huǎn chōng qì | huan3 chong1 qi4 | buffer (computer science) | | |
| 22 | 缓冲 | 緩衝 | huǎn chōng | huan3 chong1 | buffer; to cushion; to adjust to sharp changes | | |
| 23 | 缓不济急 | 緩不濟急 | huǎn bù jì jí | huan3 bu4 ji4 ji2 | lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation; too slow to meet a pressing need | | |
| 24 | 缓步 | 緩步 | huǎn bù | huan3 bu4 | to walk slowly; to amble along; gradually; slowly | | |
| 25 | 缓兵之计 | 緩兵之計 | huǎn bīng zhī jì | huan3 bing1 zhi1 ji4 | delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite | | |