Chinese symbol for “ease”
缓和
huǎn hé
Traditional: 緩和
to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ease is 缓和 (huǎn hé), defined as: to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ease”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舒缓 (舒緩) | shū huǎn | to ease (tension); to relax |
| 减轻 (減輕) | jiǎn qīng | to lighten; to ease |
| 放宽 (放寬) | fàng kuān | to relax (a rule); to ease (restrictions) |
| 弛缓 (弛緩) | chí huǎn | to relax; to slacken; to ease; (physics) relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance) |
| 疏解 | shū jiě | to mediate; to mitigate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缓和.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缓慢 (緩慢) | huǎn màn | slow; unhurried; sluggish |
| 缓解 (緩解) | huǎn jiě | to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis) |
| 减缓 (減緩) | jiǎn huǎn | to slow down; to retard |
| 缓存 (緩存) | huǎn cún | (computing) cache; buffer memory |
| 缓刑 (緩刑) | huǎn xíng | suspended sentence; probation |
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 共和国 (共和國) | gòng hé guó | republic |
| 和谐 (和諧) | hé xié | harmonious; harmony |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ease”.
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