HSK 2 · Adjectives

慢 màn “slow” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 慢 means

  1. slow

How to say 慢

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale慢màn4th tone, falling

慢 in a sentence

  1. 请说慢一些。

    Qǐng shuō màn yìxiē.

    Please speak more slowly.

    Sentence #2076255 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 网速很慢。

    Wǎngsù hěn màn.

    The internet is really slow.

    Sentence #1672198 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你可以慢慢来。

    Nǐ kěyǐ mànmàn lái.

    Take your time.

    Sentence #334393 from Tatoeba

How 慢 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 慢 (màn) with each of its parts in a different colour
慢mànslow
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 曼long · mànSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 曼 (màn) hints at the sound. Compare it with màn.

How to write 慢

慢 14 strokes

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

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

Words related to 慢

Words with 慢

慢性mànxìng · chronic (illness)怠慢dàimàn · to neglect (a guest)

More words: Adjectives

好看hǎokàn · good-looking好听hǎotīng · pleasant to hear好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing快乐kuàilè · happy快kuài · fast长cháng · long高gāo · tall远yuǎn · far

FAQs

慢 (màn) means “slow”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it màn: màn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 慢 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type man with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 慢 from the suggestions. Typing man into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
慢 is an HSK 2 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.