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  *慢* | 慢* | *慢
slow
HSK 1
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  *卡* | 卡* | *卡
to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL: 張|张, / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里) / cassette
HSK 2
slowly; gradually
HSK 3
slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊|块,
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笨* | 笨* | *笨
stupid / foolish / silly / slow-witted / clumsy
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *迟* | 迟* | *迟
late / delayed / slow
HSK 5
local bus or train / slow train with many stops
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缓* | 缓* | *缓
slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate
HSK 7-9
to reduce speed; to slow down
HSK 7-9
slow
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *熬* | 熬* | *熬
to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct / to endure
HSK 7-9
off season / slow business season / see also 旺季
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *煲* | 煲* | *煲
to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan
HSK 7-9
late (with a task etc) / slow
HSK 7-9
slowly / unhurriedly / little by little
HSK 7-9
slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
HSK 7-9
slowly / gently
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹭* | 蹭* | *蹭
to rub against / to walk slowly / (coll.) to freeload
HSK 7-9
to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down
HSK 7-9
to feel about / to grope about / to fumble / to do things slowly
HSK 7-9
to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徐* | 徐* | *徐
slowly / gently
progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly)
to slow down
slow / sluggish
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讷* | 讷* | *讷
to speak slowly / inarticulate
gradually; slowly / (of branches or hair) softly drooping
to slow down / to ease up / to abate / slowdown / downturn
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘘* | 嘘* | *嘘
to exhale slowly / to hiss / hush!
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹇* | 蹇* | *蹇
lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse
sticky / glutinous / slow-moving
very slow / exasperatingly slow
lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day
to rub lightly / to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally / to pester; to nag
to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming
slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought)
to slow down / to retard
slow; low-speed
drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
wooden and slow of speech / slow-speeched / inarticulate / unsophisticated
jogging / to jog / to canter / a slow trot
stupid / slow-witted
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缦* | 缦* | *缦
plain thin silk / slow / unadorned
to walk slowly / to amble along / gradually / slowly
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炆* | 炆* | *炆
(Cantonese) to simmer / to cook over a slow fire
to eat slowly (idiom)
to sell poorly / unmarketable / slow-moving (product, inventory etc)
(computing) slow; unresponsive
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啍* | 啍* | *啍
move slowly
to slow / to slow down (the pace of)
(literary) to walk slowly
neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讱* | 讱* | *讱
(literary) slow in speech
to stroll / to walk slowly
dilatory / slow in movement / roundabout
to cover a fire (to make it burn slowly)
lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) / fig. slow and inefficient
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伹* | 伹* | *伹
clumsy and dumb / slow-witted
stupid / slow on the uptake
(literary) dull / slow-witted
slow / sluggish / lazily / to slow down
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
(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夂* | 夂* | *夂
"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辿* | 辿* | *辿
used in names, e.g. 龍王辿|龙王辿 Longwang Chan, a place in Shaanxi Province / (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow
(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)
as slow as a tortoise
to walk slowly / to stroll
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 温玉 "ontama", which is an abbr. for 温泉玉子 "onsen tamago")
long queue of slow-moving traffic / tram
slow / late
slow living
to retard / to slow sth down
to slow down gradually / slower and slower / (music) decelerando / ritardando
(cinema) slow motion
to dillydally / slow-going
slow-braised pork belly (Tw)
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water)
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared
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
slow-tempered / phlegmatic / a slowcoach
slow to get started
chronic illness / disease that takes effect slowly
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
very slow
to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)
sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
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)
to walk slowly / with deliberate steps
(Tw) slow-braised pork belly
to walk slowly
(music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need
it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)
at a slow pace
to ascend slowly
slow tempo / adagio
name of "walk slowly" component in Chinese characters
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
a slow march

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