緩急

緩急

Chinese

		slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone	hurried; worried
trad. (緩急)		緩	急
simp. (缓急)		缓	急

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǎnjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ gap¹
• Min Nan (POJ): hoǎn-kip / oān-kip

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huǎnjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanjyi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎnjí
    • IPA ^(key): /xwän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ gap¹
    • Yale: wuhn gāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ gap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ geb¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² kɐp̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoǎn-kip
    • Tâi-lô: huǎn-kip
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²² kip̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-kip
    • Tâi-lô: uān-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaxnkib
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan³³⁻²¹ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan³³⁻¹¹ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan²²⁻²¹ kip̚³²/

Noun

緩急

1. pressing or otherwise; greater or lesser urgency; degree of urgency
2. emergency

Derived terms

緩急相濟／缓急相济 緩急輕重／缓急轻重

輕重緩急／轻重缓急 (qīngzhònghuǎnjí)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
緩	急
かん Grade: S	きゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

/kwankipu/ → /kwankifu/ → /kwankiu/ → /kwankjuː/ → /kankjuː/

From Middle Chinese 緩急 (MC ɦuɑn^X kˠiɪp̚).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) か​んきゅう [káꜜǹkyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • (Tokyo) かんきゅう [kàńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋʲkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

緩急 (hiragana かんきゅう, rōmaji kankyū, historical hiragana くわんきふ)

1. looseness and tightness
2. slowness and quickness
3. emergency
   • the Edict on Education of 1890 (ja: 教育勅語 kyōiku chokugo)

     一 (いっ)旦 (たん)緩 (かん)急 (きゅう)あれば義 (ぎ)勇 (ゆう)公 (こう)に奉 (ほう)じ、以 (も)って天 (てん)壌 (じょう)無 (む)窮 (きゅう)の皇 (こう)運 (うん)を扶 (ふ)翼 (よく)すべし。

     Ittan kankyū areba giyū kō ni hōji, motte tenjōmukyū no kōun o fuyoku subeshi.

     If an emergency arises, you must loyally and courageously serve the public, and thus support the infinite royal destiny.

Synonyms

• (slowness and quickness): 遅 (ち)速 (そく) (chisoku), 疾 (しつ)徐 (じょ) (shitsujo)
• (emergency): 緊 (きん)急 (きゅう) (kinkyū)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9