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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- man4
- English meanings
- tardy, rude, slow down, slow, slow up, retard, lose, defer, supercilious, postpone, decelerate
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 忄; right 曼.
Meaning & sound clues
忄 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “heart”.
曼 is identified as the sound component (màn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 慢.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
wholly
free
to conceal from
spread; creeper
very
steamed bun
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 傲慢
- 怠慢
- 慢性
- 慢慢
- 慢慢来
- 慢车
- 缓慢