Tom is on probation.
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缓
Traditional: 緩
huǎn
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
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huǎn · wun6 (Jyutping)
- slow
- unhurried
- sluggish
- gradual
- not tense
- relaxed
- to postpone
- to defer
- to stall
- to stave off
- to revive
- to recuperate
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Character breakdown
缓
- Meaning
- slow, leisurely; to postpone, delay
- Radical
- 纟
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- ⿰纟爰
- Cangjie
- VMBME
- Four-corner
- 2214
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Example sentences
Tom sat up slowly.
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