慢慢

Chinese

		slow	slow
trad. (慢慢)		慢	慢
simp. ^#(慢慢)		慢	慢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mànmàn, mànmān

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ, ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ maan^6-2 / maan⁶ maan^6-1
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): man-man
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bān-bān

(Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁷ mang⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mànmàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mànmàn
  - Wade–Giles: man⁴-man⁴
  - Yale: màn-màn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannmann
  - Palladius: маньмань (manʹmanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mànmān
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mànman
  - Wade–Giles: man⁴-man¹
  - Yale: màn-mān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannmhan
  - Palladius: маньмань (manʹmanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹ män⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (慢慢兒／慢慢儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mànmānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mànmanr
  - Wade–Giles: man⁴-man¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: màn-mānr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannmhal
  - Palladius: маньманьр (manʹmanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹ mɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ maan^6-2 / maan⁶ maan^6-1
  - Yale: maahn máan / maahn māan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ maan^6-2 / maan⁶ maan^6-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ man^6-2 / man⁶ man^6-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² maːn²²⁻³⁵/, /maːn²² maːn²²⁻⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: man-man
  - Hakka Romanization System: man man
  - Hagfa Pinyim: man⁴ man⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /man⁵⁵ man⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-bān
  - Tâi-lô: bān-bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnban
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ ban³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ ban³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² ban⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ban²²⁻²¹ ban²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mang⁷ mang⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: māng māng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹¹ maŋ¹¹/

Adverb

慢慢

Synonyms

(slowly): (Hakka) 定定 (dìngdìng); (Hokkien) 寬寬仔／宽宽仔 (khoaⁿ-khoaⁿ-á), 勻勻仔／匀匀仔, 勻勻仔是／匀匀仔是, 沓沓仔 (ta̍uh-ta̍uh-á), 聊聊仔, 慢慢仔
(gradually):

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步步 (bùbù)
浸 (literary)
浸漸／浸渐 (jìnjiàn) (literary)
浸潯／浸浔 (qīnyín) (literary)
漸次／渐次 (jiàncì)
漸漸／渐渐 (jiànjiàn)
稍稍 (shāoshāo)
逐步 (zhúbù)
逐漸／逐渐 (zhújiàn)

Derived terms

慢慢仔
慢慢仔是
慢慢兒／慢慢儿 (mànmānr)
慢慢叫
慢慢吃 (mànmàn chī)
慢慢悠悠 (mànmànyōuyōu)
慢慢食