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Usage of the character 缓

huǎn
[緩]
  • slow
  • unhurried
  • sluggish
  • gradual
  • not tense
  • relaxed
  • to postpone
  • to defer
  • to stall
  • to stave off
  • to revive
  • to recuperate
huǎnhé
缓和
[緩和]
  • to ease (tension)
  • to alleviate
  • to moderate
  • to allay
  • to make more mild
huǎnpìn
缓聘
[緩聘]
  • to defer employment
  • to put off hiring
huǎnjiàng
缓降
[緩降]
  • to decrease gradually
  • to descend gradually
zhǎnhuǎn
展缓
[展緩]
  • to postpone
  • to extend
huǎnqì
缓气
[緩氣]
  • to get one's breath back
  • to take a breather
pínghuǎn
平缓
[平緩]
  • level; almost flat; not strongly sloping
  • (fig.) moderate; mild-mannered; gentle
huǎnzhēng
缓征
[緩徵]
  • to suspend taxes momentarily
  • to postpone military draft
dīhuǎn
低缓
[低緩]
  • low and unhurried (voice etc)
  • low and gently sloping (terrain)
huǎnxíng
缓刑
[緩刑]
  • suspended sentence
  • probation
huǎnjí
缓急
[緩急]
  • priority
  • whether sth is urgent
huǎnchōng
缓冲
[緩衝]
  • buffer
  • to cushion
  • to adjust to sharp changes
huǎnjiě
缓解
[緩解]
  • to bring relief
  • to alleviate (a crisis)
  • to dull (a pain)
xúhuǎn
徐缓
[徐緩]
  • slow
  • sluggish
  • lazily
  • to slow down
shūhuǎn
纾缓
[紓緩]
  • to relax
  • relaxed
huǎncún
缓存
[緩存]
  • (computing) cache
  • buffer memory
chénhuǎn
沉缓
[沉緩]
  • unhurried
  • deliberate
huǎnjiá
缓颊
[緩頰]
  • to urge reconciliation
  • to dissuade from punitive action
sǐhuǎn
死缓
[死緩]
  • deferred death sentence
  • commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
zànhuǎn
暂缓
[暫緩]
  • to postpone
chíhuǎn
弛缓
[弛緩]
  • to relax
  • to slacken
  • relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance)
huǎnhuǎn
缓缓
[緩緩]
  • slowly
  • unhurriedly
  • little by little
yūhuǎn
迂缓
[迂緩]
  • dilatory
  • slow in movement
  • roundabout
kuānhuǎn
宽缓
[寬緩]
  • relieved
  • tensions relax
chíhuǎn
迟缓
[遲緩]
  • slow
  • sluggish
sōnghuǎn
松缓
[鬆緩]
  • to loosen
huǎnbù
缓步
[緩步]
  • to walk slowly
  • to amble along
  • gradually
  • slowly
huǎnmàn
缓慢
[緩慢]
  • slow
huǎnbàn
缓办
[緩辦]
  • to postpone
  • to delay
yánhuǎn
延缓
[延緩]
  • to defer
  • to postpone
  • to put off
  • to retard
  • to slow sth down
héhuǎn
和缓
[和緩]
  • mild
  • gentle
  • to ease up
  • to relax
shūhuǎn
舒缓
[舒緩]
  • to ease (tension)
  • to relax
  • to cause sth to relax
  • to alleviate
  • relaxed
  • easy and unhurried
  • leisurely
  • soothing
  • mild (slope)
qūhuǎn
趋缓
[趨緩]
  • to slow down
  • to ease up
  • to abate
  • slowdown
  • downturn
jiǎnhuǎn
减缓
[減緩]
  • to slow down
  • to retard
huǎndòng
缓动
[緩動]
  • sluggish
huǎnqī
缓期
[緩期]
  • to defer
  • to put off (until later)
  • to postpone
cónghuǎn
从缓
[從緩]
  • not to hurry
  • to procrastinate
  • to postpone
fànghuǎn
放缓
[放緩]
  • to slow
  • to slow down (the pace of)
chǎnhuǎn
啴缓
[嘽緩]
  • relaxed
  • unhurried
huǎnchōngqì
缓冲器
[緩衝器]
  • buffer (computing)
huǎnjiàngqì
缓降器
[緩降器]
  • cable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire)
huǎnjíxiāngjì
缓急相济
[緩急相濟]
  • to help one another in difficulty
  • mutual assistance in extremity
gāosùhuǎncún
高速缓存
[高速緩存]
  • (computing) cache
jǐnzhānghuǎnhé
紧张缓和
[緊張緩和]
  • detente
huǎnqīfùkuǎn
缓期付款
[緩期付款]
  • to defer payment
huǎnbīngzhījì
缓兵之计
[緩兵之計]
  • delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
xǐzéqìhuǎn
喜则气缓
[喜則氣緩]
  • joy depresses one's qi vital breath
  • an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
huǎnjíqīngzhòng
缓急轻重
[緩急輕重]
  • slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first
  • sense of priority
  • also written 輕重緩急/轻重缓急
qīngzhònghuǎnjí
轻重缓急
[輕重緩急]
  • slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first
  • sense of priority
kèbùrónghuǎn
刻不容缓
[刻不容緩]
  • to brook no delay
  • to demand immediate action
huǎnbùjìjí
缓不济急
[緩不濟急]
  • lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation
  • too slow to meet a pressing need
huǎnfāzhōngzǐ
缓发中子
[緩發中子]
  • delayed neutron
xīntiàoguòhuǎn
心跳过缓
[心跳過緩]
  • bradycardia
kōngqìhuǎnchōngjiān
空气缓冲间
[空氣緩衝間]
  • air lock
sǐxínghuǎnqīzhíxíng
死刑缓期执行
[死刑緩期執行]
  • deferred death sentence
  • abbr. to 死緩/死缓 (sǐhuǎn)
gāosùhuǎnchōngcúnchǔqì
高速缓冲存储器
[高速緩衝存儲器]
  • (computing) cache