Chinese symbol for “slowly”
慢慢
màn màn
slowly; gradually
The closest CC-CEDICT match for slowly is 慢慢 (màn màn), defined as: slowly; gradually.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “slowly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徐 | xú | slowly; gently |
| 缓缓 (緩緩) | huǎn huǎn | slowly; unhurriedly |
| 徐徐 | xú xú | slowly; gently |
| 冉冉 | rǎn rǎn | gradually; slowly; (of branches or hair) softly drooping |
| 缓步 (緩步) | huǎn bù | to walk slowly; to amble along |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 慢慢.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缓慢 (緩慢) | huǎn màn | slow; unhurried; sluggish |
| 慢性 | màn xìng | slow and patient; chronic (disease) |
| 傲慢 | ào màn | arrogant; haughty |
| 放慢 | fàng màn | to reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc) |
| 慢慢来 (慢慢來) | màn màn lái | take your time; take it easy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “slowly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.