缓 (緩) huǎn

1. huǎn adjective slow; sluggish; gradual
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 缓慢 (CC-CEDICT '緩'; Guoyu '緩' adj 1; Unihan '緩')
2. huǎn verb to postpone
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 延迟; as in 缓期 (CC-CEDICT '緩'; Guoyu '緩' v 2; Unihan '緩')
3. huǎn adjective relaxed; not tense
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 宽松 (Guoyu '緩' adj 2)
4. huǎn verb to soften
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 放松 (Guoyu '緩' v 1)
5. huǎn proper noun Huan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '緩' n)

Contained in

• 缓急相济(緩急相濟) to help one another in difficulty; mutual assistance in extremity
• 缓解(緩解) to ease; to relieve
• 喜则气缓(喜則氣緩) joy depresses one's qi vital breath
• 心跳过缓(心跳過緩) bradycardia
• 沉缓(沉緩) unhurried; deliberate
• 死刑缓期执行(死刑緩期執行) deferred death sentence
• 缓缓(緩緩) slowly
• 缓动(緩動) sluggish
• 展缓(展緩) to postpone; to extend
• 缓冲(緩衝) to buffer; to cushion
• 缓急(緩急) a priority
• 徐缓(徐緩) slow; sluggish; lazily; to slow down
• 缓期(緩期) to defer; to put off (until later); to postpone
• 缓慢移动(緩慢移動) slow moving
• 迟缓(遲緩) slow; sluggish
• 缓和(緩和) to mitigate; to moderate ; mild
• 缓办(緩辦) to postpone; to delay
• 缓降器(緩降器) cable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire)
• 缓急轻重(緩急輕重) slight or important, urgent or non-urgent; to deal with important matters first; sense of priority
• 平缓(平緩) level; almost flat
• 缓发中子(緩發中子) delayed neutron
• 减缓(減緩) to slow down; to retard
• 缓降(緩降) to decrease gradually; to descend gradually
• 弛缓(弛緩) to relax; to slacken; relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance)
• 缓气(緩氣) to get one's breath back; to take a breather
• 缓步(緩步) to stroll; to walk unhurriedly
• 紧张缓和(緊張緩和) detente
• 宽缓(寬緩) relieved; tensions relax
• 刻不容缓(刻不容緩) demand immediate action
• 松缓(鬆緩) to loosen
• 缓不济急(緩不濟急) slow no aid to urgent; slow measures will not address a critical situation
• 缓慢(緩慢) slow
• 啴缓(嘽緩) relaxed; unhurried
• 空气缓冲间(空氣緩衝間) air lock
• 缓期付款(緩期付款) to defer payment
• 纾缓治疗(紓緩治療) palliative care
• 迂缓(迂緩) dilatory; slow in movement; roundabout
• 缓兵之计(緩兵之計) delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
• 和缓(和緩) mild
• 纾缓(紓緩) to relax; relaxed
• 延缓(延緩) to delay
• 死缓(死緩) deferred death sentence
• 舒缓(舒緩) relaxed; easy
• 缓征(緩徵) to suspend taxes momentarily; to postpone military draft
• 低缓(低緩) low and unhurried (voice etc); low and gently sloping (terrain)
• 衣带日已缓(衣帶日已緩) daily my clothes hang looser round my waist
• 缓刑(緩刑) suspended sentence; probation
• 缓颊(緩頰) to urge reconciliation; to dissuade from punitive action

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高速缓存 、 高速缓冲存储器 、 缓冲器

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• 卷五十八 志第十一 天文十一 Volume 58 Treatises 11: Astronomy 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 55
• 卷二十　趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 30
• 卷五十七 志第十 天文十 Volume 57 Treatises 10: Astronomy 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 卷五十九 志第十二 天文十二 Volume 59 Treatises 12: Astronomy 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9
• 《平原君虞卿列傳》 Biographies of Lord Pingyuan and Yu Qing Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 8
• 卷六十 杜周傳 Volume 60: Du Zhou Book of Han 漢書 — count: 8
• 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
• 卷二十六 天文志 Volume 26: Treatise on Astronomy Book of Han 漢書 — count: 7
• 卷九十二 志第四十五 河渠二 Volume 92 Treatises 45: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 6

Collocations

• 楼缓 (樓緩) 王謂樓緩曰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I — count: 23
• 缓辞 (緩辭) 緩辭也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 缓死 (緩死) 君子以議獄緩死 — Book of Changes 易經, 中孚 Zhong Fu — count: 4
• 缓带 (緩帶) 三人緩帶 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 狱缓 (獄緩) 君子以議獄緩死 — Book of Changes 易經, 中孚 Zhong Fu — count: 4
• 缓曰 (緩曰) 緩曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 中缓 (中緩) 子罃與公中緩爭為太子 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魏世家》 House of Wei — count: 3
• 急缓 (急緩) 政有急緩 — Guanzi 管子, 七主七臣第五十二 Chapter 52: Seven Rulers and Seven Ministers — count: 3
• 缓怠 (緩怠) 驕則緩怠 — Guanzi 管子, 重令第十五 Chapter 15: Important Edicts — count: 3
• 缓治国 (緩治國) 急逐樂而緩治國 — Xunzi 荀子, 王霸篇第十一 Chapter 11: Rulers and Tyrants — count: 3