| tight; nervous; strict | slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (緊縒緩) | 緊 | 縒 | 緩 | |
| simp. (紧𬘷缓) | 紧 | 𬘷 | 缓 | |
| alternative forms | 緊擮緩／紧擮缓 | |||
緊縒緩
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 早晚, 遲早 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 早晚, 遲早 |
| Singapore | 遲早 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 早晚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 早兒晚兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 早晚, 遲早 |
| Wanrong | 遲早 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 遲早 |
| Ürümqi | 早晚 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 早晏 |
| Guiyang | 早晏 | |
| Liuzhou | 遲早 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 遲早 |
| Hong Kong | 遲早 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 早晚, 遲早 |
| Pingxiang | 遲早 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 遲早 |
| Yudu | 遲早 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 早暗, 早慢 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 早暗, 早慢 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 早暗, 早慢 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 早暗, 早慢 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 早暗, 早慢 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 早慢 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 早晏, 遲早 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 早晏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 遲早 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 早晏 |
| Quanzhou | 早晏 | |
| Zhangzhou | 早晏, 早慢, 緊縒緩 | |
| Tainan | 早慢, 緊縒慢 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 早晏 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 早晏 | |
| Shantou | 遲早 | |
| Jieyang | 先慢 | |
| Puning | 先慢 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 早晏, 早晏點 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 早晏 | |
| Danyang | 早晚, 早啊晚, 早點晚點 | |
| Hangzhou | 遲早 | |
| Ningbo | 早晏, 遲早點 | |