缓
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slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate
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Dict coverage rank #1,365 U+7F13
How 缓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 爰 (phonetic, yuán)
components: 纟 爰
How to remember it
unhurried · Heisig RSH #2395
thread + migrating ducks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 爰
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 爰 (yuán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爰 sound component | yuán | to lead on to; then, therefore, as a consequence |
| 暖 | nuǎn | warm, genial |
| 媛 | yuàn | beauty; beautiful woman |
| 锾 | huán | to measure; money, coins |
| 瑗 | yuàn | a large jade ring |
| 谖 | xuān | to forget; to cheat, to lie |
Words containing 缓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缓发中子 | huǎn fā zhōng zǐ | delayed neutron |
| 缓兵之计 | huǎn bīng zhī jì | delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite |
| 心跳过缓 | xīn tiào guò huǎn | bradycardia |
| 缓不济急 | huǎn bù jì jí | lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation; t… |
| 死刑缓期执行 | sǐ xíng huǎn qī zhí xíng | deferred death sentence; abbr. to 死緩|死缓[si3 huan3] |
| 高速缓存 | gāo sù huǎn cún | (computing) cache |
| 缓急相济 | huǎn jí xiāng jì | to help one another in difficulty; mutual assistance in extremity |
| 高速缓冲存储器 | gāo sù huǎn chōng cún chǔ qì | (computing) cache |
| 缓急轻重 | huǎn jí qīng zhòng | see 輕重緩急|轻重缓急[qing1 zhong4 huan3 ji2] |
| 轻重缓急 | qīng zhòng huǎn jí | slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first; s… |
| 缓冲器 | huǎn chōng qì | buffer (computing) |
| 缓动 | huǎn dòng | sluggish |
| 缓气 | huǎn qì | to get one's breath back; to take a breather |
| 平缓 | píng huǎn | level; almost flat; not strongly sloping; (fig.) moderate; mild-mannered; gentle |
| 紧张缓和 | jǐn zhāng huǎn hé | detente |
| 刻不容缓 | kè bù róng huǎn | to brook no delay; to demand immediate action |
| 喜则气缓 | xǐ zé qì huǎn | joy depresses one's qi vital breath; an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital en… |
| 和缓 | hé huǎn | mild; gentle; to ease up; to relax |
| 缓和 | huǎn hé | to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild |
| 死缓 | sǐ huǎn | deferred death sentence; commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review aft… |