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


Note: wun4 maan6 - non-standard.

Adjective

緩慢

  1. slow; sluggish; tardy

Synonyms

Antonyms

Japanese

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

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))

  1. 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.
  2. lax

Inflection

Noun

緩(かん)慢(まん) • (kanman) 

  1. sluggishness
  2. laxness
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