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  *慢* | 慢* | *慢
slow
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
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  *遲* | 遲* | *遲
late / delayed / slow
HSK 5
slowly; gradually
HSK 3
slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL: 塊|块,
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笨* | 笨* | *笨
stupid / foolish / silly / slow-witted / clumsy
HSK 4
slowly / gently
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *緩* | 緩* | *緩
slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate
HSK 7-9
local bus or train / slow train with many stops
HSK 6
to feel about / to grope about / to fumble / to do things slowly
HSK 7-9
it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)
slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
HSK 7-9
to ascend slowly
(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
slow tempo / adagio
to walk slowly
to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *熬* | 熬* | *熬
to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct / to endure
HSK 7-9
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom) / good preparation is the key to success / to be well prepared
slowly / unhurriedly / little by little
HSK 7-9
off season / slow business season / see also 旺季
HSK 7-9
slow; unhurried; sluggish
HSK 7-9
late (with a task etc) / slow
HSK 7-9
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹭* | 蹭* | *蹭
to rub against / to walk slowly / (coll.) to freeload
HSK 7-9
slow to get started
to ease up the pace / to slow things down
to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *煲* | 煲* | *煲
to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan
HSK 7-9
jogging / to jog / to canter / a slow trot
to rub lightly / to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally / to pester; to nag
neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
(computing) slow; unresponsive
to slow down / to retard
to reduce speed; to slow down
HSK 7-9
chronic illness / disease that takes effect slowly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徐* | 徐* | *徐
slowly / gently
(music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
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
to slow down
to stroll / to walk slowly
(slang) slow to arrive but eventually shows up
slow-tempered / phlegmatic / a slowcoach
slow; low-speed
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)
lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need
slow / sluggish / lazily / to slow down
very slow
progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly)
to dillydally / slow-going
to eat slowly (idiom)
slow lane
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *熬* | 熬* | *熬
to simmer; to boil slowly
slow shutter speed photography
(Tw) slow-braised pork belly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噓* | 噓* | *噓
to exhale slowly / to hiss / hush!
lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need / a slow remedy does not address immediate needs
slow living
drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
gradually; slowly / (of branches or hair) softly drooping
very slow / exasperatingly slow
to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)
lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) / fig. slow and inefficient
to walk slowly / to stroll
(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)
long queue of slow-moving traffic / tram
at a slow pace
(cinema) slow motion
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water)
slow / sluggish
name of "walk slowly" component in Chinese characters
to slow / to slow down (the pace of)
wooden and slow of speech / slow-speeched / inarticulate / unsophisticated
slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夂* | 夂* | *夂
"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头
to retard / to slow sth down
(dialect) to be very slow; to dawdle
to sell poorly / unmarketable / slow-moving (product, inventory etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *訥* | 訥* | *訥
to speak slowly / inarticulate
a slow march
(literary) to walk slowly
slow carbs; low-GI carbohydrates
(literary) dull / slow-witted
as slow as a tortoise
(cinema) slow motion
to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming
knotted or slow pulse (TCM)
dilatory / slow in movement / roundabout
sticky / glutinous / slow-moving
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")
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹇* | 蹇* | *蹇
lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啍* | 啍* | *啍
move slowly
sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *訒* | 訒* | *訒
(literary) slow in speech
slow-paced town
to walk slowly / with deliberate steps
stupid / slow-witted
slow-braised pork belly (Tw)
slow / late
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

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