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缓
緩
huǎn
1. slow
2. unhurried
3. sluggish
4. gradual
5. not tense
6. relaxed
7. to postpone
8. to defer
9. to stall
10. to stave off
11. to revive
12. to recuperate
Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

缓
huǎn
slow, gradual; to postpone, to delay
HSK 5 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

低缓
dīhuǎn
low and unhurried (voice etc)
和缓
héhuǎn
mild
啴缓
chǎnhuǎn
relaxed
宽缓
kuānhuǎn
relieved
展缓
zhǎnhuǎn
to postpone
平缓
pínghuǎn
level
延缓
yánhuǎn
to defer
弛缓
chíhuǎn
to relax
徐缓
xúhuǎn
slow
从缓
cónghuǎn
not to hurry
放缓
fànghuǎn
to slow
暂缓
zànhuǎn
to postpone
死缓
sǐhuǎn
deferred death sentence
沉缓
chénhuǎn
unhurried
减缓
jiǎnhuǎn
to slow down
纾缓
shūhuǎn
to relax
缓刑
huǎnxíng
stay of execution
缓动
huǎndòng
sluggish
缓和
huǎnhé
to ease (tension)
HSK 6
缓存
huǎncún
(computing) cache

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,110
Word Frequency Rank
3,882 of 84,292

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