緊縒緩

Chinese

		tight; nervous; strict		slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
trad. (緊縒緩)		緊	縒	緩
simp. (紧𬘷缓)		紧	𬘷	缓
alternative forms		緊擮緩／紧擮缓

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kín-choa̍h-oān

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kín-choa̍h-oān
    • Tâi-lô: kín-tsua̍h-uān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kynzoaq'oan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ uan²²/

Adverb

緊縒緩

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) sooner or later; in time

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 早晚 (“sooner or later”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早晚, 遲早
Mandarin	Taiwan	早晚, 遲早
	Yantai (Muping)	早兒晚兒
	Jinan	早晚
	Luoyang	早晚, 遲早
	Wanrong	遲早
	Lanzhou	遲早
	Ürümqi	早晚
	Wuhan	早晏
	Guiyang	早晏
	Liuzhou	遲早
	Singapore	遲早
Cantonese	Guangzhou	遲早
	Hong Kong	遲早
Gan	Nanchang	早晚, 遲早
	Pingxiang	遲早
Hakka	Meixian	遲早
	Yudu	遲早
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	早暗, 早慢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	早暗, 早慢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	早暗, 早慢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	早暗, 早慢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	早暗, 早慢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	早慢
Huizhou	Jixi	早晏, 遲早
Northern Min	Jian'ou	早晏
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	遲早
Southern Min	Xiamen	早晏
	Quanzhou	早晏
	Zhangzhou	早晏, 早慢, 緊縒緩
	Tainan	早慢, 緊縒慢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	早晏
	Shantou	遲早
Wu	Shanghai	早晏, 早晏點
	Shanghai (Chongming)	早晏
	Danyang	早晚, 早啊晚, 早點晚點
	Hangzhou	遲早
	Ningbo	早晏, 遲早點