缓慢 meaning in English

huǎnmàn

slow; unhurried; sluggish

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 緩慢26 strokes

Meaning of 缓慢

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huǎnmàn
  1. slow; unhurried; sluggish

缓慢 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè艘sōu船chuán逆nì风fēng而ér行xíng缓huǎn慢màn前qián进jìn。
The ship made slow progress against the strong wind.
由yóu硬yìng体tǐ到dào软ruǎn体tǐ的de转zhuǎn变biàn是shì缓huǎn慢màn的de。
The transition from hardware to software happened gradually.

Stroke order for each character

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缓 huǎn · slow · 12 strokes

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慢 màn · slow · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 缓慢.

慢慢mànmànslowly; gradually
缓解huǎnjiěto bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis)
慢车mànchēlocal bus or train; slow train with many stops
慢慢来mànmàn láitake your time; take it easy
傲慢àomànarrogant; haughty
缓缓huǎnhuǎnslowly; unhurriedly
慢性mànxìngslow and patient; chronic (disease)
缓和huǎnhéto ease (tension); to alleviate
延缓yánhuǎnto defer; to postpone
怠慢dàimànto slight; to neglect
慢走mànzǒuStay a bit!; Wait a minute!
缓刑huǎnxíngsuspended sentence; probation

Questions about 缓慢

What does 缓慢 mean?

缓慢 (huǎnmàn) means "slow; unhurried; sluggish" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 缓慢?

缓慢 is made of 2 characters: 缓 (12 strokes), 慢 (14 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

Is 缓慢 an HSK word?

Yes. 缓慢 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 缓慢 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 缓慢 is written 緩慢.