急緩

Chinese

		hurried; worried	slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
trad. (急緩)		急	緩
simp. (急缓)		急	缓
anagram		緩急／缓急

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gap¹ wun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-huan³
    • Yale: jí-hwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyihoan
    • Palladius: цзихуань (czixuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gap¹ wun⁶
    • Yale: gāp wuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gap⁷ wun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geb¹ wun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐp̚⁵ wuːn²²/

Noun

急緩

1. (literary) crisis, emergency

   Synonyms: 危機 / 危机 (wēijī), 緊急 / 紧急 (jǐnjí)

   • 楊師道性純善，自無愆過，而情實怯懦，未甚更事，急緩不可得力。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     杨师道性纯善，自无愆过，而情实怯懦，未甚更事，急缓不可得力。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE

     Yáng Shīdào xìng chún shàn, zì wú qiānguò, ér qíng shí qiènuò, wèi shèn gēngshì, jíhuǎn bùkě délì. [Pinyin]

     Yang Shidao is pure and kind in nature and has not a transgression, but he is in fact cowardly, inexperienced in handling matters, and ineffective in times of crisis.

References

• 急緩 in ZDIC