迟缓
chí huǎn
Pinyin

Definition

迟缓
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chí huǎn
  1. slow
  2. sluggish

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

缓解
huǎn jiě
  1. 1 to bring relief
  2. 2 to alleviate (a crisis)
  3. 3 to dull (a pain)
舒缓
shū huǎn
  1. 1 to ease (tension)
  2. 2 to relax
  3. 3 to cause sth to relax
  4. 4 to alleviate
  5. 5 relaxed
  6. 6 easy and unhurried
  7. 7 leisurely
  8. 8 soothing
  9. 9 mild (slope)
迟
Chí
  1. 1 surname Chi
迟到
chí dào
  1. 1 to arrive late
迟早
chí zǎo
  1. 1 sooner or later
姗姗来迟
shān shān lái chí
  1. 1 to be late
  2. 2 to arrive slowly
  3. 3 to be slow in the coming
延缓
yán huǎn
  1. 1 to defer
  2. 2 to postpone
  3. 3 to put off
  4. 4 to retard
  5. 5 to slow sth down
延迟
yán chí
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to postpone
  3. 3 to keep putting sth off
  4. 4 to procrastinate
  5. 5 (computing) to lag
推迟
tuī chí
  1. 1 to postpone
  2. 2 to put off
  3. 3 to defer
放缓
fàng huǎn
  1. 1 to slow
  2. 2 to slow down (the pace of)
死缓
sǐ huǎn
  1. 1 deferred death sentence
  2. 2 commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
减缓
jiǎn huǎn
  1. 1 to slow down
  2. 2 to retard
缓
huǎn
  1. 1 slow
  2. 2 unhurried
  3. 3 sluggish
  4. 4 gradual
  5. 5 not tense
  6. 6 relaxed
  7. 7 to postpone
  8. 8 to defer
  9. 9 to stall
  10. 10 to stave off
  11. 11 to revive
  12. 12 to recuperate
缓和
huǎn hé
  1. 1 to ease (tension)
  2. 2 to alleviate
  3. 3 to moderate
  4. 4 to allay
  5. 5 to make more mild
缓慢
huǎn màn
  1. 1 slow
  2. 2 slow-moving
缓缓
huǎn huǎn
  1. 1 slowly
  2. 2 unhurriedly
  3. 3 little by little
缓冲
huǎn chōng
  1. 1 buffer
  2. 2 to cushion
  3. 3 to adjust to sharp changes
迟暮
chí mù
  1. 1 past one's prime
迟疑
chí yí
  1. 1 to hesitate
迟缓
chí huǎn
  1. 1 slow
  2. 2 sluggish

Idioms (5)

缓不济急
huǎn bù jì jí
  1. 1 lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation
  2. 2 too slow to meet a pressing need
缓急轻重
huǎn jí qīng zhòng
  1. 1 slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first
  2. 2 sense of priority
  3. 3 also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急
船到江心，补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
  1. 1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
说时迟，那时快
shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài
  1. 1 (idiom) no sooner said than done
  2. 2 before you know it
轻重缓急
qīng zhòng huǎn jí
  1. 1 slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first
  2. 2 sense of priority

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