慢 (maan6 | man4) : slow; unhurried; supercilious; rude

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慢

maan6

man4

[1] slow; unhurried; sluggish | [antonym] 快
[2] supercilious; rude; discourteous

Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

慢

Don't confuse with:
漫謾

This word has been viewed 11729 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Apr 2014 10:40

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慢慢行 maan6 maan6*2 haang4 = take it easy, take care 粵

慢火煮 maan6 fo2 zyu2 man4 huo3 zhu3 = simmer

慢慢 maan6 maan6*2; maan6*2 maan6 man4 man4 = [慢6慢6*2] take your time; slowly, leisurely, gradually; [慢6*2慢6] very slow

校慢鐘 gaau3 maan6 zung1 jiao4 man4 zhong1 = to set one's clock back 粵

且慢 ce2 maan6 qie3 man4 = wait a minute

怠慢 toi5 maan6 dai4 man4 = to slight

緩慢 wun6 maan6 huan3 man4 = slow

慢火 maan6 fo2 = a slow fire

待慢 doi6 maan6 = reject

好慢噉讀 hou2 maan6 gam2 duk6 = to study slowly 粵
See all 35 compounds (CantoDict reports 36 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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做咩你咁慢㗎? 粵
How come you are so slow?
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]

我寫中文字好慢。粵
I write Chinese characters very slowly.

蝸牛走得很慢國
A snail moves slowly.

今晚你慢慢玩粵
Enjoy yourselves this evening.
[Lit. This evening slowly play]

慢慢行，唔使急。粵
No hurry, we can walk slowly.

蝸牛行得好慢。粵
Snails crawl very slowly.

咪咁眼闊肚窄，重有好多餸；慢慢啲食！粵
Don't be so greedy, there's still a lot of food; eat slower!

佢做嘢咁慢，做到天光都做唔完啦！粵
He works so slowly, he won't be even finished by [next] morning.

教仔女要慢慢講道理，開硬弓唔得㗎。粵
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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