慢慢

慢慢

Chinese

		slow	slow
trad. (慢慢)		慢	慢
simp. #(慢慢)		慢	慢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mànmàn, mànmān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ, ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ maan^6-2, maan⁶ maan^6-1
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): man-man
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bān-bān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁷ mang⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mànmàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mànmàn
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-man⁴
    • Yale: màn-màn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannmann
    • Palladius: маньмань (manʹmanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹/
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  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mànmān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mànman
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-man¹
    • Yale: màn-mān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannmhan
    • Palladius: маньмань (manʹmanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹ män⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (慢慢兒／慢慢儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mànmānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mànmanr
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-manrh¹
    • Yale: màn-mānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannmhal
    • Palladius: маньмаnр (manʹmanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹ mɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ maan^6-2, maan⁶ maan^6-1
    • Yale: maahn máan, maahn māan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ maan^6-2, maan⁶ maan^6-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ man^6-2, man⁶ man^6-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² maːn²²⁻³⁵/, /maːn²² maːn²²⁻⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: man-man
    • Hakka Romanization System: man man
    • Hagfa Pinyim: man⁴ man⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /man⁵⁵ man⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-bān
    • Tâi-lô: bān-bān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnban
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ ban³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ ban³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² ban⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ban²²⁻²¹ ban²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mang⁷ mang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: māng māng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹¹ maŋ¹¹/

Adverb

慢慢

1. slowly; leisurely
2. gradually; little by little; step by step; progressively

Synonyms

• (slowly): (Hakka) 定定 (dìngdìng); (Min Nan) 寬寬仔／宽宽仔 (khoaⁿ-khoaⁿ-á), 勻勻仔／匀匀仔, 勻勻仔是／匀匀仔是, 沓沓仔 (ta̍uh-ta̍uh-á), 聊聊仔, 慢慢仔
• (gradually):

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步步 (bùbù) 浸 (jìn) (literary) 稍稍 (shāoshāo) 逐步 (zhúbù) 浸漸／浸渐 (jìnjiàn) (literary)

浸潯／浸浔 (qīnyín) (literary) 漸次／渐次 (jiàncì) 漸漸／渐渐 (jiànjiàn) 逐漸／逐渐 (zhújiàn)

Derived terms

慢慢吃 (mànmàn chī)