慢 (màn): meaning and stroke order
慢 (màn) means slow.
慢
- Simplified
- 慢
- Traditional
- 慢 (same form)
- Pinyin
- màn
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Stroke order of 慢
慢
- màn slow
- 14 strokes
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Meaning of 慢
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màn
- slow
Radical and structure
- 慢
- Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 14 strokes · 忄 on the left, 曼 on the right
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Words with 慢
- 慢慢 màn màn slowly; gradually
- 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking)
- 慢跑 màn pǎo jogging; to jog
- 放慢 fàng màn to reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc)
慢 in our stories
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出租车很慢。
chūzūchē hěn màn
The taxi is very slow.
From the story Taking a taxi HSK 1
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跑步群里一位老跑友告诉她：“新手最常见的错误是跑得太快。只有慢下来，身体才能慢慢适应。”
pǎobù qún lǐ yí wèi lǎo pǎoyǒu gàosu tā xīnshǒu zuì chángjiàn de cuòwù shì pǎo de tài kuài zhǐyǒu màn xiàlai shēntǐ cái néng mànmàn shìyìng
An experienced runner in her running group told her: "The commonest beginner's mistake is running too fast. Only when you slow down can your body gradually adapt."
From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 慢
- Taking a taxi HSK 1
- The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).