粵

緩wun4慢maan6

simp缓慢
wun4 maan6wun6 maan6huǎn màn

English

  1. slow; unhurried; sluggish
  2. (of a rate) slow

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 速度慢

Examples

  • 這艘船逆風而行緩慢前進。

    The ship made slow progress against the strong wind.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 由硬體到軟體的轉變是緩慢的。

    The transition from hardware to software happened gradually.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • “我将缓慢的数到三,Mary,然后你就要起来了。”“我已经起来了,Mister Kant。”

    "I'm going to count up slowly to three, Mary, and you'll wake up." "I'm already awake, Mister Kant."

    Tatoeba · pig8322 CC BY

  • 工程進度緩慢令到預算增加咗兩成。

    The slow progress in the construction work has resulted in a 20 percent increase in the budget.

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

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