| 缓 | huǎn | slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate |
| 缓慢 | huǎn màn | slow; slow-moving |
| 缓和 | huǎn hé | to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild |
| 缓冲 | huǎn chōng | to buffer |
| 迟缓 | chí huǎn | slow; sluggish |
| 缓解 | huǎn jiě | to blunt; to dull; to ease; to help relieve (a crisis); to alleviate (pain) |
| 延缓 | yán huǎn | to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down |
| 缓刑 | huǎn xíng | stay of execution; suspended prison sentence; reprieve |
| 平缓 | píng huǎn | level; almost flat; not strongly sloping; fig. moderate; mild-mannered; gentle |
| 缓期 | huǎn qī | to defer; to put off (until later); to postpone |
| 和缓 | hé huǎn | mild; gentle; to ease up; to relax |
| 缓冲器 | huǎn chōng qì | buffer (computer science) |
| 减缓 | jiǎn huǎn | to slow down; to retard |
| 缓急 | huǎn jí | priority; whether sth is urgent |
| 刻不容缓 | kè bù róng huǎn | to brook no delay; to demand immediate action |
| 暂缓 | zàn huǎn | to postpone |
| 轻重缓急 | qīng zhòng huǎn jí | slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first; sense of priority |
| 缓缓 | huǎn huǎn | slowly; unhurriedly; little by little |
| 低缓 | dī huǎn | in a low and firm voice |
| 喜则气缓 | xǐ zé qì huǎn | joy depresses one's qi vital breath; an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (traditional Chinese medicine) |
| 啴缓 | chǎn huǎn | relaxed; unhurried |
| 宽缓 | kuān huǎn | relieved; tensions relax |
| 展缓 | zhǎn huǎn | to postpone; to extend |
| 弛缓 | chí huǎn | to relax; to slacken; relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance) |
| 徐缓 | xú huǎn | slow; sluggish; lazily; to slow down |
| 从缓 | cóng huǎn | not to hurry; to procrastinate; to postpone |
| 放缓 | fàng huǎn | to slow; to slow down (the pace of) |
| 死缓 | sǐ huǎn | deferred death sentence; commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) |
| 沉缓 | chén huǎn | unhurried; deliberate |
| 空气缓冲间 | kōng qì huǎn chōng jiān | air lock |
| 纾缓 | shū huǎn | to relax; relaxed |
| 紧张缓和 | jǐn zhāng huǎn hé | detente |
| 缓不济急 | huǎn bù jì jí | lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation; too slow to meet a pressing need |
| 缓兵之计 | huǎn bīng zhī jì | delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite |
| 缓动 | huǎn dòng | sluggish |
| 缓征 | huǎn zhēng | to suspend taxes momentarily; to postpone military draft |
| 缓急相济 | huǎn jí xiāng jì | to help one another in difficulty; mutual assistance in extremity |
| 缓急轻重 | huǎn jí qīng zhòng | slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first; sense of priority; also written 轻重缓急 |
| 缓期付款 | huǎn qī fù kuǎn | to defer payment |
| 缓步 | huǎn bù | stroll; unhurried walk |
| 缓发中子 | huǎn fā zhōng zǐ | delayed neutron |
| 缓聘 | huǎn pìn | to defer employment; to put off hiring |
| 缓办 | huǎn bàn | to postpone; to delay |
| 缓降 | huǎn jiàng | to retard downward motion; to brake falling; to control descent |
| 缓降器 | huǎn jiàng qì | escape mechanism to brake descent; safety chute |
| 缓颊 | huǎn jiá | to urge reconciliation; to dissuade from punitive action |
| 舒缓 | shū huǎn | to ease (tension); to relax; to cause sth to relax; to alleviate; relaxed; easy and unhurried; leisurely; soothing; mild (slope) |
| 行动缓慢 | xíng dòng huǎn màn | lagging; slow to move; tardy |
| 趋缓 | qū huǎn | to slow down; to ease up; to abate; slowdown; downturn |
| 迂缓 | yū huǎn | dilatory; slow in movement; roundabout |
