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huǎn

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huǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huǎn | huan3
English translation
slow
unhurried
sluggish
gradual
not tense
relaxed
to postpone
to defer
to stall
to stave off
to revive
to recuperate
slow, gradual; to postpone, to delay

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About huǎn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

huǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of huǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟爰

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yuán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yuán represents the sound. Simplified form of huǎn .

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Example sentences using huǎn

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医生 yīshēng gěi le 一些 yī xiē 止疼 piān 减缓 jiǎn huǎn 疼痛 téng tòng .

The doctor gave him some painkillers to ease the pain.

这时 zhè shí 缓缓 huǎn huǎn de zài 树干 shù gàn 矮树 aǐ shù jiān piāo zhāo , yòu dào bèi 洪水 hóngshuǐ 淹没 yānmò de 陆地 lùdì shǎng .

Slowly now it floated among logs and brushwood and over the flooded land.

工作 gōngzuò Yìng fēn 轻重缓急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí .

Work should be done in order of importance and urgency.

桉树 ān shù yóu 可以 kěyǐ hěn hǎo de 缓解 huǎnjiě 肌肉 jīròu de 疼痛 téng tòng .

Eucalyptus oil is good for easing muscular aches and pains.

zhè Zhāng 贴片 Néng 使 shǐ yān zhě hěn 缓慢 huǎn màn de yān jiè diào .

The patch enables smokers to wean themselves off cigarettes very gradually.

Words with huǎn

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character huǎn in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
缓解 huǎnjiě to bring relief緩解
huǎn slow huǎn
缓慢 huǎn màn slow緩慢
缓缓 huǎn huǎn slowly緩緩
缓和 huǎnhé to alleviate緩和
缓刑 huǎn xíng probation緩刑
减缓 jiǎn huǎn to slow down減緩
延缓 yán huǎn to defer延緩
舒缓 shū huǎn to relax舒緩
缓冲 huǎn chōng buffer緩衝
迟缓 chíhuǎn slow遲緩
暂缓 zàn huǎn to postpone暫緩
刻不容缓 kèbùrónghuǎn to brook no delay刻不容緩
轻重缓急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí sense of priority輕重緩急
平缓 píng huǎn level平緩
缓期 huǎn qī to defer緩期
缓步 huǎn bù to walk slowly緩步
缓冲器 huǎn chōng qì buffer (computer science)緩衝器
缓存 huǎn cún (computing) cache緩存
放缓 fàng huǎn to slow放緩
死缓 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence死緩
和缓 hé huǎn mild和緩
弛缓 chí huǎn to relax弛緩

huǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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huǎn Decomposition

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