Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Chinese[edit]
|
mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
|
slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
|
trad. (和緩)
|
和
|
緩
|
simp. (和缓)
|
和
|
缓
|
anagram
|
緩和/缓和
|
Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
Character
|
和
|
緩
|
Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
|
hé
|
huǎn
|
Middle Chinese
|
‹ hwa ›
|
‹ hwanX ›
|
Old Chinese
|
/*[ɢ]ˁoj/
|
/*[ɢ]ʷˁa[n]ʔ/
|
English
|
harmonious
|
slack; slow
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
|
Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
Character
|
和
|
緩
|
Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
No.
|
4932
|
16160
|
Phonetic component
|
禾
|
爰
|
Rime group
|
歌
|
元
|
Rime subdivision
|
3
|
1
|
Corresponding MC rime
|
和
|
緩
|
Old Chinese
|
/*ɡoːl/
|
/*ɢʷaːnʔ/
|
Adjective[edit]
和緩
- mild; gentle
和緩
- to ease up; to relax
Synonyms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
和緩
- name of two physicians in the ancient state of Qin: zh:医和 and zh:医缓