粵

慢maan6熱jit6

simp慢热
maan6 jit6màn rè

English

  1. slow to heat up
  2. (fig.) (of a person) reserved; introverted; slow to develop relationships; (of a product etc) to take time to become popular; (sports) slow to reach peak performance
  3. to warm up slowly to people

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (性格)需要長啲時間先同人熟到

Examples

  • 小慧份人好慢熱,唔會第一次見面就噉熱情。

    Siu-wai warms up slowly to people. She won't be very passionate when you first meet her.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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