緩慢

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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

Dialectal synonyms of 慢 (“slow”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 慢, 緩慢
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 慢
Taiwan 慢
Malaysia 慢
Singapore 慢
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 慢
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 慢
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 慢
Wuhan 慢
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 慢
Hefei 慢
Cantonese Guangzhou 慢, 嚤
Hong Kong 慢, 嚤
Yangjiang 慢
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 慢
Singapore (Guangfu) 慢
Gan Nanchang 慢
Hakka Meixian 慢
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 慢
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 慢
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 慢
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 慢
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 慢
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 慢
Kuching (Hepo) 慢
Jin Taiyuan 慢
Northern Min Jian'ou 慢
Eastern Min Fuzhou 慢
Southern Min Xiamen 慢
Quanzhou 慢
Zhangzhou 慢
Taipei 慢, 惡
New Taipei (Sanxia) 慢, 惡
Kaohsiung 慢, 惡
Yilan 慢, 惡
Changhua (Lukang) 慢, 惡
Taichung 慢, 惡
Tainan 慢, 惡
Hsinchu 慢, 惡
Kinmen 慢, 惡
Penghu (Magong) 慢, 惡
Penang (Hokkien) 慢, 惡
Singapore (Hokkien) 慢
Manila (Hokkien) 慢
Chaozhou 慢
Shantou 慢
Singapore (Teochew) 慢
Wenchang 慢
Singapore (Hainanese) 慢
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 慢
Wu Shanghai 慢
Suzhou 慢
Ningbo 慢, 緩
Wenzhou 慢
Xiang Changsha 慢
Shuangfeng 慢

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

Inflection of 緩慢
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 緩慢だろ かんまんだろ kanman daro
Continuative (連用形) 緩慢で かんまんで kanman de
Terminal (終止形) 緩慢だ かんまんだ kanman da
Attributive (連体形) 緩慢な かんまんな kanman na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 緩慢なら かんまんなら kanman nara
Imperative (命令形) 緩慢であれ かんまんであれ kanman de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 緩慢ではない
緩慢じゃない 		かんまんではない
かんまんじゃない 		kanman de wa nai
kanman ja nai
Informal past 緩慢だった かんまんだった kanman datta
Informal negative past 緩慢ではなかった
緩慢じゃなかった 		かんまんではなかった
かんまんじゃなかった 		kanman de wa nakatta
kanman ja nakatta
Formal 緩慢です かんまんです kanman desu
Formal negative 緩慢ではありません
緩慢じゃありません 		かんまんではありません
かんまんじゃありません 		kanman de wa arimasen
kanman ja arimasen
Formal past 緩慢でした かんまんでした kanman deshita
Formal negative past 緩慢ではありませんでした
緩慢じゃありませんでした 		かんまんではありませんでした
かんまんじゃありませんでした 		kanman de wa arimasen deshita
kanman ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 緩慢で かんまんで kanman de
Conditional 緩慢なら（ば） かんまんなら（ば） kanman nara (ba)
Provisional 緩慢だったら かんまんだったら kanman dattara
Volitional 緩慢だろう かんまんだろう kanman darō
Adverbial 緩慢に かんまんに kanman ni
Degree 緩慢さ かんまんさ kanmansa

Noun

緩(かん)慢(まん) • (kanman) 

  1. sluggishness
  2. laxness
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