暫緩

Chinese

		temporary; temporarily	slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
trad. (暫緩)		暫	緩
simp. (暂缓)		暂	缓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zànhuǎn, zhànhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˇ, ㄓㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam⁶ wun⁶ / zaam⁶ wun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiām-oān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zànhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zànhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsan⁴-huan³
    • Yale: dzàn-hwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzannhoan
    • Palladius: цзаньхуань (czanʹxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sän⁵¹ xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhànhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhànhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴-huan³
    • Yale: jàn-hwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jannhoan
    • Palladius: чжаньхуань (čžanʹxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaam⁶ wun⁶ / zaam⁶ wun⁴
    • Yale: jaahm wuhn / jaahm wùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam⁶ wun⁶ / dzaam⁶ wun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zam⁶ wun⁶ / zam⁶ wun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm²² wuːn²²/, /t͡saːm²² wuːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiām-oān
    • Tâi-lô: tsiām-uān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxm'oan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam²²⁻²¹ uan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam⁴¹⁻²² uan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam²²⁻²¹ uan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam³³⁻¹¹ uan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam³³⁻²¹ uan³³/

Verb

暫緩

1. to postpone; to defer

Synonyms

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• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
• 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 挨 (ái)
• 挨延 (Hokkien)
• 挨稽 (Hokkien)
• 挨臺／挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
• 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
• 推延 (tuīyán)
• 捱延 (Hokkien)
• 捱稽 (Hokkien)
• 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
• 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
• 緩／缓 (huǎn)
• 耗 (regional)
• 耽延 (dānyán)
• 耽擱／耽搁
• 耽誤／耽误
• 貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
• 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
• 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
• 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
• 遲誤／迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
• 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

 

Antonyms

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• 提前 (tíqián)
• 提早 (tízǎo)
• 進前／进前 (Hokkien)