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"slow" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
迟缓 遲緩 chí huǎn slow / sluggish syn
慢 màn slow syn
缓慢 緩慢 huǎn màn slow syn
迟迟 遲遲 chí chí late (with a task etc) / slow syn
放缓 放緩 fàng huǎn to slow / to slow down (the pace of) syn
慢速 màn sù slow / low-speed
徐缓 徐緩 xú huǎn slow / sluggish / lazily / to slow down
卡 kǎ to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette syn
缓 緩 huǎn slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate syn
迟 遲 chí late / delayed / slow syn
蹇 jiǎn lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse syn
缦 縵 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned
卡顿 卡頓 kǎ dùn (computing) slow / unresponsive
迟慢 遲慢 chí màn slow / late
辿 chān used in names, e.g. 龍王辿|龙王辿[Long2 wang2 Chan1] Longwang Chan, a place in Shaanxi Province / (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow
Chinese Pinyin Translation
慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn
木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] syn
迟钝 遲鈍 chí dùn slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought) syn
淡季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4]
慢板 màn bǎn slow tempo / adagio
笨 bèn stupid / foolish / silly / slow-witted / clumsy syn
熬 áo to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure syn
减速 減速 jiǎn sù to reduce speed / to slow down syn
减缓 減緩 jiǎn huǎn to slow down / to retard syn
延缓 延緩 yán huǎn to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down syn
减慢 減慢 jiǎn màn to slow down syn
慢吞吞 màn tūn tūn very slow / exasperatingly slow syn
慢跑 màn pǎo jogging / to jog / to canter / a slow trot
趋缓 趨緩 qū huǎn to slow down / to ease up / to abate / slowdown / downturn
木讷 木訥 mù nè wooden and slow of speech / slow-speeched / inarticulate / unsophisticated syn
姗姗来迟 姍姍來遲 shān shān lái chí to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming syn
滞销 滯銷 zhì xiāo to sell poorly / unmarketable / slow-moving (product, inventory etc)
慢步 màn bù at a slow pace
愚钝 愚鈍 yú dùn stupid / slow-witted syn
慢镜头 慢鏡頭 màn jìng tóu (cinema) slow motion syn
怠工 dài gōng to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike) syn
慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops
慢性子 màn xìng zi slow-tempered / phlegmatic / a slowcoach syn
鲁钝 魯鈍 lǔ dùn stupid / slow on the uptake syn
訒 rèn slow in speech
讱 訒 rèn (literary) slow in speech
缓不济急 緩不濟急 huǎn bù jì jí lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom) / slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need
不疾不徐 bù jí bù xú neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
远水不解近渴 遠水不解近渴 yuǎn shuǐ bù jiě jìn kě lit. distant water does not cure present thirst / fig. urgent need / a slow remedy does not address immediate needs
蜗行牛步 蝸行牛步 wō xíng niú bù lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom) / fig. to move at a snail's pace / to make slow progress syn
黏糊 nián hu sticky / glutinous / slow-moving syn
慢动作 慢動作 màn dòng zuò (cinema) slow motion
慢慢吞吞 màn man tūn tūn very slow syn
四方步 sì fāng bù a slow march syn
慢热 慢熱 màn rè slow to heat up / (fig.) (of a person) reserved / introverted / slow to develop relationships / (of a product etc) to take time to become popular / (sports) slow to reach peak performance
慢城市 màn chéng shì slow-paced town
慢行道 màn xíng dào slow lane
拖慢 tuō màn to retard / to slow sth down
敛步 斂步 liǎn bù (literary) to slow down one's steps / to come to a halt
炆 wén (Cantonese) to simmer / to cook over a slow fire
磨唧 mó jī to be very slow / to dawdle
磨磨蹭蹭 mó mó cèng cèng to dillydally / slow-going syn
结脉 結脈 jié mài knotted or slow pulse (TCM)
行动缓慢 行動緩慢 xíng dòng huǎn màn lagging / slow to move / tardy
迂缓 迂緩 yū huǎn dilatory / slow in movement / roundabout syn
远水救不了近火 遠水救不了近火 yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
伹 qū clumsy and dumb / slow-witted
慢速大规模毁灭性武器 慢速大規模毀滅性武器 màn sù dài guī mú huǐ miè xìng wǔ qì weapon of mass destruction in slow motion
慢餐 màn cān Slow Food
慢中子 slow neutron
逐渐严重的灾难 逐漸嚴重的災難 slow-onset disaster / creeping disasters
慢热型 慢熱型 màn rè xíng slow to get started
懒猫 懶貓 lǎn māo drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
焢肉 kòng ròu (Tw) slow-braised pork belly
不怕慢，就怕站 bù pà màn , jiù pà zhàn it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)
慢速摄影 慢速攝影 màn sù shè yǐng slow shutter speed photography
爌肉 kòng ròu slow-braised pork belly (Tw)
老牛破车 老牛破車 lǎo niú pò chē lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) / fig. slow and inefficient syn
渐慢 漸慢 jiàn màn to slow down gradually / slower and slower / (music) decelerando / ritardando
碰瓷 pèng cí (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)
车龙 車龍 chē lóng long queue of slow-moving traffic / tram
驽钝 nú dùn (literary) dull / slow-witted syn
绿皮车 綠皮車 lǜ pí chē green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century)
慢半拍 màn bàn pāi (music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
吃屎都赶不上热乎的 吃屎都趕不上熱乎的 chī shǐ dōu gǎn bu shàng rè hu de lit. if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (idiom) / fig. (of a person) too slow / can't keep up
放慢脚步 放慢腳步 fàng màn jiǎo bù to ease up the pace / to slow things down
放慢速度 fàng màn sù dù to ease up the pace / to slow things down
慢生活 màn shēng huó slow living
磨唧 mò ji (dialect) to be very slow / to dawdle
虽迟但到 雖遲但到 suī chí - dàn dào (slang) slow to arrive but eventually shows up
龟速 龜速 guī sù as slow as a tortoise
慢碳 màn tàn slow carbs / low-GI carbohydrates
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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