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迟缓

chí huǎn

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 遲緩

What 迟缓 means

1. slow
2. sluggish

The characters in 迟缓

• 迟chílate; delayed; slow
• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish

Example sentences

• 行动迟缓的蓝色美洲狮从勤奋的猫身下滑过。
  The slow blue puma slides under the diligent cat.

Sounds the same

Read chí huǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 弛缓to relax; to slacken; to ease; (physics) relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance)