慢 (màn): slow
慢 (màn) is a Chinese character meaning “slow.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 曼 (phonetic). It ranks #822 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 慢 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- slow
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 慢
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 慢慢adverb | màn màn | slowly |
| 慢慢来 | màn màn lái | take your time |
| 傲慢adjective | ào màn | arrogant |
| 放慢verb | fàng màn | to reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc) |
| 慢性adjective | màn xìng | slow and patient |
| 减慢verb | jiǎn màn | to slow down |
| 且慢verb | qiě màn | to wait a moment |
| 慢走interjection | màn zǒu | Stay a bit! |
| 慢动作noun | màn dòng zuò | (cinema) slow motion |
| 慢吞吞adjective | màn tūn tūn | very slow |
| 怠慢verb | dài màn | to slight |
| 慢悠悠adjective | màn yōu yōu | unhurried |
| 慢条斯理phrase | màn tiáo sī lǐ | unhurried |
| 慢性病noun | màn xìng bìng | chronic disease |
| 慢镜头 | màn jìng tóu | (cinema) slow motion |
慢 appears in 66 compound words: 62 as the first character, 26 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 慢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
neither rushed nor slow; at the right pace; unhurried; unflustered; taking one's time
Example Sentences
请开慢一点，这段路有很多弯道，不太安全。
Qǐng kāi màn yìdiǎn, zhè duàn lù yǒu hěn duō wāndào, bú tài ānquán.
Please drive slower; this section of road has many curves and isn't very safe.
6家外资齐喊多中国资产:A股步入“慢牛”新阶段 驱动逻辑转向获利成长
6 jiā wài zī qí hǎn duō zhōng guó zī chǎn : A gǔ bù rù màn niú xīn jiē duàn qū dòng luó jí zhuǎn xiàng huò lì chéng cháng
6 foreign investors shouted more Chinese assets: A-shares entered a new stage of "slow bull" and drove logic to profit growth
【慢慢读,诗】刘晓颐/那些细节都还很年轻
màn màn dòu , shī liú xiǎo 颐 nà xiē xì jié dōu hái hěn nián qīng
[Read slowly, poem] Liu Xiaoyi/Those details are still very young
孕期喝了酒对宝宝有没有影响?酒精代谢慢的孕妇风险更高吗
yùn qī hē le jiǔ duì bǎo bǎo yǒu méi yǒu yǐng xiǎng ? jiǔ jīng dài xiè màn de yùn fù fēng xiǎn gēng gāo ma
Does drinking alcohol during pregnancy affect the baby? Are pregnant women with slow alcohol metabolism at higher risk?
...攤大吃!35歲上班族腹脹、瀉秘 醫:恐變慢性胃炎
. . . 攤 dà chī ! 歲 shàng bān zú fù 脹 瀉 mì 醫 kǒng 變 màn xìng wèi yán
...Overindulging! 35-Year-Old Office Worker Suffers Bloating and Diarrhea and Constipation; Doctor Warns: Risk of Developing Chronic Gastritis
獨家/疑不滿出餐太慢! 復古咖啡廳男亂潑美式
獨 jiā yí bù 滿 chū cān tài màn ! 復 gǔ kā fēi 廳 nán 亂 潑 měi shì
EXCLUSIVE/Suspicious of slow food delivery! Vintage Café Man Rambunctious American Style
你可以说慢一点吗？
Nǐ kěyǐ shuō màn yīdiǎn ma?
Could you speak more slowly?
发生了什么事？车子慢下来了。
Fāshēng le shénmeshì? chēzi màn xiàlai le.
What happened? The car's slowing down.
你们能稍微讲慢点么？
Nǐmen néng shāowēi jiǎng màn diǎn me?
Can you speak a little slower please?
现在有点慢，能不能等一下？
Xiànzài yǒudiǎn màn, néng bù néng děngyīxià?
It's a bit slow, can you wait for a bit?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (heart) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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