緩〔缓〕 wun⁶ {huǎn}

1. slow
2. unhurried
3. sluggish
4. gradual
5. not tense
6. relaxed
7. to postpone
8. to defer
9. to stall
10. to stave off
11. to revive
12. to recuperate

緩辦〔缓办〕 wun⁶ baan⁶ {huǎn bàn}

1. to postpone
2. to delay

緩步〔缓-〕 wun⁶ bou⁶ {huǎn bù}

1. stroll
2. unhurried walk

緩衝〔缓冲〕 wun⁶ cung¹ {huǎn chōng}

1. buffer
2. to cushion
3. to adjust to sharp changes

緩存〔缓-〕 wun⁶ cyun⁴ {huǎn cún}

1. (computing) cache
2. buffer memory

緩動〔缓动〕 wun⁶ dung⁶ {huǎn dòng}

sluggish

緩解〔缓-〕 wun⁶ gaai² {huǎn jiě}

1. to blunt
2. to dull
3. to ease
4. to help relieve (a crisis)
5. to alleviate (pain)

緩頰〔缓颊〕 wun⁶ gaap³ {huǎn jiá}

1. to urge reconciliation
2. to dissuade from punitive action

緩急〔缓-〕 wun⁶ gap¹ {huǎn jí}

1. priority
2. whether sth is urgent

緩降〔缓-〕 wun⁶ gong³ {huǎn jiàng}

1. to retard downward motion
2. to brake falling
3. to control descent

緩氣〔缓气〕 wun⁶ hei³ {huǎn qì}

1. to get one's breath back
2. to take a breather

緩刑〔缓-〕 wun⁶ jing⁴ {huǎn xíng}

1. stay of execution
2. suspended prison sentence
3. reprieve

緩期〔缓-〕 wun⁶ kei⁴ {huǎn qī}

1. to defer
2. to put off (until later)
3. to postpone

緩慢〔缓-〕 wun⁶ maan⁶ {huǎn màn}

1. slow
2. slow-moving

緩聘〔缓-〕 wun⁶ ping³ {huǎn pìn}

1. to defer employment
2. to put off hiring

緩和〔缓-〕 wun⁶ wo⁴ {huǎn hé}

1. to ease (tension)
2. to alleviate
3. to moderate
4. to allay
5. to make more mild

緩緩〔缓缓〕 wun⁶ wun⁶ {huǎn huǎn}

1. slowly
2. unhurriedly
3. little by little

緩徵〔缓征〕 wun⁶ zing¹ {huǎn zhēng}

1. to suspend taxes momentarily
2. to postpone military draft

緩步跑〔缓--〕 wun⁶ bou⁶ paau² {huǎn bù pǎo}

jogging

緩衝器〔缓冲-〕 wun⁶ cung¹ hei³ {huǎn chōng qì}

buffer (computer science)

緩降器〔缓--〕 wun⁶ gong³ hei³ {huǎn jiàng qì}

1. escape mechanism to brake descent
2. safety chute

緩不濟急〔缓-济-〕 wun⁶ bat¹ zai³ gap¹ {huǎn bù jì jí}

1. lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation
2. too slow to meet a pressing need

緩兵之計〔缓--计〕 wun⁶ bing¹ zi¹ gai³ {huǎn bīng zhī jì}

1. delaying tactics
2. stalling
3. measures to stave off an attack
4. stratagem to win a respite

緩發中子〔缓发--〕 wun⁶ faat³ zung¹ zi² {huǎn fā zhōng zǐ}

delayed neutron

緩急輕重〔缓-轻-〕 wun⁶ gap¹ hing¹ cung⁵ {huǎn jí qīng zhòng}

1. slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first
2. sense of priority
3. also written 輕重緩急

緩急相濟〔缓--济〕 wun⁶ gap¹ soeng¹ zai³ {huǎn jí xiāng jì}

1. to help one another in difficulty
2. mutual assistance in extremity

緩期付款〔缓---〕 wun⁶ kei⁴ fu⁶ fun² {huǎn qī fù kuǎn}

to defer payment