遲緩

See also: 迟缓

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
trad. (遲緩)		遲	緩
simp. (迟缓)		迟	缓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chíhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ wun⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tî-hoǎn / tî-oān / tî-hoān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci⁵ huêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chíhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²-huan³
    • Yale: chŕ-hwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrhoan
    • Palladius: чихуань (čixuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 弛緩／弛缓 遲緩／迟缓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ wun⁶
    • Yale: chìh wuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ wun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ wun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ wuːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-hoǎn
    • Tâi-lô: tî-huǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴⁻²² huan²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-oān
    • Tâi-lô: tî-uān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'oan
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ uan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ uan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-hoān
    • Tâi-lô: tî-huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'hoan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴⁻²² huan²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³⁻²² huan²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci⁵ huêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshî huéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hueŋ⁵²/

Adjective

遲緩

1. slow; sluggish; tardy

   發育遲緩／发育迟缓  ―  fāyù chíhuǎn  ―  development delay

   精神運動發育遲緩 [MSC, trad.]
   精神运动发育迟缓 [MSC, simp.]

   jīngshén yùndòng fāyù chíhuǎn [Pinyin]

   psychomotor retardation

Synonyms

• 不快 (bùkuài)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖沓 (tuōtà)
• 拖沙 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 拖黐 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 緩慢／缓慢 (huǎnmàn)
• 舒緩／舒缓 (shūhuǎn)
• 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
• 黐拖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遲緩):

• → Japanese: 遅(ち)緩(かん) (chikan)
• → Korean: 지완(遲緩) (jiwan)
• → Vietnamese: trì hoãn (遲緩)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遲	緩
ち Hyōgaiji	かん Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 遲緩 – see the following entry.

【遅緩ちかん】 [adjective] slow, tardy [noun] slowness, tardity

(This term, 遲緩, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)