| 缓 | huǎn | slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate |
| 缓慢 | huǎn màn | slow; slow-moving |
| 缓和 | huǎn hé | to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild |
| 缓冲 | huǎn chōng | to buffer |
| 缓解 | huǎn jiě | to blunt; to dull; to ease; to help relieve (a crisis); to alleviate (pain) |
| 缓刑 | huǎn xíng | stay of execution; suspended prison sentence; reprieve |
| 缓期 | huǎn qī | to defer; to put off (until later); to postpone |
| 缓冲器 | huǎn chōng qì | buffer (computer science) |
| 缓急 | huǎn jí | priority; whether sth is urgent |
| 缓缓 | huǎn huǎn | slowly; unhurriedly; little by little |
| 缓不济急 | huǎn bù jì jí | lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation; too slow to meet a pressing need |
| 缓兵之计 | huǎn bīng zhī jì | delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite |
| 缓动 | huǎn dòng | sluggish |
| 缓征 | huǎn zhēng | to suspend taxes momentarily; to postpone military draft |
| 缓急相济 | huǎn jí xiāng jì | to help one another in difficulty; mutual assistance in extremity |
| 缓急轻重 | huǎn jí qīng zhòng | slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom); to deal with important matters first; sense of priority; also written 轻重缓急 |
| 缓期付款 | huǎn qī fù kuǎn | to defer payment |
| 缓步 | huǎn bù | stroll; unhurried walk |
| 缓发中子 | huǎn fā zhōng zǐ | delayed neutron |
| 缓聘 | huǎn pìn | to defer employment; to put off hiring |
| 缓办 | huǎn bàn | to postpone; to delay |
| 缓降 | huǎn jiàng | to retard downward motion; to brake falling; to control descent |
| 缓降器 | huǎn jiàng qì | escape mechanism to brake descent; safety chute |
| 缓颊 | huǎn jiá | to urge reconciliation; to dissuade from punitive action |
