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Meaning of 缓

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(Trad.: 緩)
Pinyin: huǎn
English Definition: slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate
Chinese Definition:
①慢,与“急”相对:缓步。缓行(xíng)。缓慢。迟缓。
②延迟:缓刑。缓办。缓役。缓征。刻不容缓。
③放松,松弛:缓和。缓冲。缓解。和缓。
④苏醒,恢复:缓气。缓醒。
⑤慢徐疾急。[合]缓带(放宽衣带。从容自在的样子);缓服(宽松的服装。对戎装而言);缓带轻裘(宽松的衣带,轻暖的皮衣。形容从容儒雅的风度。)
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Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (thread) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] silk; thread
    • [ yuán ] to lead on to; then, therefore, as a consequence
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Example Words
缓解 huǎn jiě to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis); to dull (a pain)
缓慢 huǎn màn slow; slow-moving
缓缓 huǎn huǎn slowly; unhurriedly; little by little
缓和 huǎn to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild
减缓 jiǎn huǎn to slow down; to retard
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Example Sentences
1
西
15
As soon as you get the urge to eat something you need to find something else to do for the next 15 minutes (the length of time it can take to get over an urge).
2
Let's put it off for a couple of days.
3
It was a long time before he came to.
4
广
Google's core business of selling ads around its search results has been slowing for some time, and none of the other products it has developed so far can be considered major successes.
5
Forest should pay more attention to the building of a new socialist solution for the five main issues.