HSK 6 · Verbs

缓和 huǎnhé “to ease” in Chinese

Traditional 緩和

What 缓和 means

  1. to ease
  2. to relax
  3. mild
  4. to ease (tension)
  5. to alleviate
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to moderate
  • to allay
  • to make more mild

How to say 缓和

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale缓huǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale和hé2nd tone, rising

缓和 in a sentence

  1. 两个人的关系慢慢缓和了。

    Liǎng ge rén de guānxi mànmàn huǎnhé le.

    Things between the two of them gradually eased.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他讲了个笑话，缓和了紧张的气氛。

    Tā jiǎng le ge xiàohua, huǎnhé le jǐnzhāng de qìfēn.

    He told a joke to ease the tension.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 缓和 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 缓 (huǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
缓huǎnslow
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 爰to lead on to · yuánSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 爰 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with huǎn.

The character 和 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
和héand; together with; with
  • 禾grain · héSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 禾 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with hé.

How to write 缓和

缓 12 strokes · 和 8 strokes

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缓和 (huǎnhé) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 缓和 (huǎnhé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 缓和

Words with 缓

缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief迟缓chíhuǎn · slow刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

Words with 和

和hé · and暖和nuǎnhuo · warm和平hépíng · peace附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)调和tiáohé · to reconcile和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly和睦hémù · harmonious和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious柔和róuhé · soft

More words: Common Verbs

捍卫hànwèi · to defend合并hébìng · to merge划分huàfēn · to divide晃huàng · to sway还原huányuán · to restore回避huíbì · to avoid毁灭huǐmiè · to destroy混合hùnhé · to mix

FAQs

缓和 (huǎnhé) means “to ease” or “to relax”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huǎnhé: huǎn with a 3rd tone, then hé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 缓和 is written 緩和. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huanhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 缓和 from the suggestions. Typing huanhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
缓和 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.