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缓

huǎn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 緩

What 缓 means

1. slow
2. unhurried
3. sluggish
4. gradual
5. not tense
6. relaxed
7. to postpone
8. to defer
9. to stall
10. to stave off
11. to revive
12. to recuperate

Example sentences

• 汤姆正在缓刑中。
  Tom is on probation.
• 汤姆缓缓坐了起来。
  Tom sat up slowly.
• 药物缓解了他的痛苦。
  Yàowù huǎnjiě le tā de tòngkǔ.
  The medicine decreased his pain.
• 我通过运动来缓解压力。
  I exercise to relieve stress.
• 萨米缓缓地把蕾拉放下了山
  Sà mǐ huǎnhuǎn de bǎ lěi lā fàngxià le shān
  Sami lowered Layla down the mountain slowly.
• 这艘船逆风而行缓慢前进。
  Zhè sōu chuán nìfēng ér xíng huǎnmàn qiánjìn.
  The ship made slow progress against the strong wind.

Words starting with 缓

• 缓解huǎn jiěto bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis); to dull (a pain)
• 缓和huǎn héto ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate
• 缓缓huǎn huǎnslowly; unhurriedly; little by little
• 缓慢huǎn mànslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 缓冲huǎn chōngbuffer; to cushion; to adjust to sharp changes
• 缓步huǎn bùto walk slowly; to amble along; gradually
• 缓刑huǎn xíngsuspended sentence; probation
• 缓动huǎn dòngsluggish
• 缓存huǎn cún(computing) cache; buffer memory
• 缓征huǎn zhēngto suspend taxes momentarily; to postpone military draft
• 缓急huǎn jípriority; whether sth is urgent
• 缓期huǎn qīto defer; to put off (until later); to postpone
• 缓气huǎn qìto get one's breath back; to take a breather
• 缓办huǎn bànto postpone; to delay
• 缓降huǎn jiàngto decrease gradually; to descend gradually
• 缓冲器huǎn chōng qìbuffer (computing)
• 缓降器huǎn jiàng qìcable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire)
• 缓不济急huǎn bù jì jílit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation…
• 缓兵之计huǎn bīng zhī jìdelaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
• 缓急相济huǎn jí xiāng jìto help one another in difficulty; mutual assistance in extremity
• 缓期付款huǎn qī fù kuǎnto defer payment
• 缓发中子huǎn fā zhōng zǐdelayed neutron
• 缓聘huǎn pìnto defer employment; to put off hiring
• 缓颊huǎn jiáto urge reconciliation; to dissuade from punitive action

Words containing 缓

• 迟缓chí huǎnslow; sluggish
• 刻不容缓kè bù róng huǎnto brook no delay; to demand immediate action
• 舒缓shū huǎnto ease (tension); to relax; to cause sth to relax
• 平缓píng huǎnlevel; almost flat; not strongly sloping; (fig.) moderate; mild-mannered; gentle
• 减缓jiǎn huǎnto slow down; to retard
• 放缓fàng huǎnto slow; to slow down (the pace of)
• 延缓yán huǎnto defer; to postpone; to put off
• 暂缓zàn huǎnto postpone
• 死缓sǐ huǎndeferred death sentence; commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review…
• 和缓hé huǎnmild; gentle; to ease up
• 低缓dī huǎnlow and unhurried (voice etc); low and gently sloping (terrain)
• 宽缓kuān huǎnrelieved; tensions relax
• 展缓zhǎn huǎnto postpone; to extend
• 从缓cóng huǎnnot to hurry; to procrastinate; to postpone
• 松缓sōng huǎnto loosen
• 喜则气缓xǐ zé qì huǎnjoy depresses one's qi vital breath; an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital…
• 心跳过缓xīn tiào guò huǎnbradycardia
• 紧张缓和jǐn zhāng huǎn hédetente
• 轻重缓急qīng zhòng huǎn jíslight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first…
• 高速缓存gāo sù huǎn cún(computing) cache
• 死刑缓期执行sǐ xíng huǎn qī zhí xíngdeferred death sentence; abbr. to 死缓
• 趋缓qū huǎnto slow down; to ease up; to abate
• 沉缓chén huǎnunhurried; deliberate
• 徐缓xú huǎnslow; sluggish; lazily

Characters built on 爰

These share the phonetic component 爰 (yuán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 暖nuǎnwarm; to warm
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 瑗yuànlarge jade ring
• 锾huánancient unit of weight; money

Characters that look like 缓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 缘yuáncause; reason; karma
• 暖nuǎnwarm; to warm
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 缇tíorange-red silk; orange-red colored
• 缕lǚstrand; thread; detailed

Sounds the same

Read huǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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