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

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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    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

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 Hyōgai	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.)