HSK 5 · Verbs

缓解 huǎnjiě “to bring relief” in Chinese

Said as huánjiě

Traditional 緩解

What 缓解 means

  1. to bring relief
  2. to alleviate (a crisis)
  3. to dull (a pain)

How to say 缓解

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale解jiě3rd tone, dipping

Said as huánjiě. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

缓解 in a sentence

  1. 我通过运动来缓解压力。

    Wǒ tōngguò yùndòng lái huǎnjiě yālì.

    I relieve stress through exercise.

    Sentence #9956961 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 药物缓解了他的痛苦。

    Yàowù huǎnjiě le tā de tòngkǔ.

    The medicine eased his pain.

    Sentence #2312182 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你吃了这药，胃痛就会缓解很多。

    Nǐ chī le zhè yào, wèitòng jiù huì huǎnjiě hěn duō.

    Once you take this medicine, your stomach ache will ease a lot.

    Sentence #970195 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 缓解 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 解 (jiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
解jiěto divide
  • 角horn · jiǎo
  • 刀knife · dāo
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidA knife 刀 taking the horn 角 off an ox 牛: to take apart, to explain.

How to write 缓解

缓 12 strokes · 解 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 缓解

Words with 缓

缓和huǎnhé · to ease迟缓chíhuǎn · slow刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

Words with 解

解决jiějué · settle a dispute了解liǎojiě · comprehend解释jiěshì · explanation理解lǐjiě · to comprehend解剖jiěpōu · to dissect辩解biànjiě · to justify误解wùjiě · to misunderstand解除jiěchú · to remove解散jiěsàn · to dissolve解体jiětǐ · to disintegrate

More words: Common Verbs

拐弯guǎiwān · to go round a curve关闭guānbì · to close滚gǔn · to boil过期guòqī · to be overdue恢复huīfù · to recover挥huī · to wave及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test集中jízhōng · to concentrate

FAQs

缓解 (huǎnjiě) means “to bring relief” or “to alleviate (a crisis)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it huǎnjiě: huǎn with a 3rd tone, then jiě with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like huánjiě. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 缓解 is written 緩解. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huanjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 缓解 from the suggestions. Typing huanjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
缓解 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.