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緩

huǎn

slow, leisurely; to postpone, delay

Strokes
15
Radical
糸
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 缓

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 缓, the simplified form of 緩. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我通过运动来缓解压力。

    Wǒ tōng guò yùn dòng lái huǎn jiě yā lì

    I exercise to relieve stress.

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  • 药物缓解了他的痛苦。

    Yào wù huǎn jiě le tā de tòng kǔ

    The medicine decreased his pain.

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  • 缓期执行在最后关头决定了下来。

    Huǎn qī zhí xíng zài zuì hòu guān tóu jué dìng le xià lai

    A stay of execution was ordered at the eleventh hour.

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  • 你吃了这药，胃痛就会缓解很多。

    Nǐ chī le zhè yào wèi tòng jiù huì huǎn jiě hěn duō

    After you take the medicine, your stomachache will be much relieved.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 缓

  • 缓解huǎn jiě 3–3 → 2–3to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis); to dull (a pain)
  • 缓和huǎn hé 3–2 to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild
  • 迟缓chí huǎn 2–3 slow; sluggish
  • 刻不容缓kè bù róng huǎn 4–4–2–3to brook no delay; to demand immediate action
  • 缓慢huǎn màn 3–4 slow
  • 缓huǎn 3slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate
  • 缓缓huǎn huǎn 3–3 → 2–3slowly; unhurriedly; little by little
  • 延缓yán huǎn 2–3 to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down