和緩

Chinese

		mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm	slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
trad. (和緩)		和	緩
simp. (和缓)		和	缓
anagram		緩和／缓和

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héhuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ wun⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: héhuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhoan
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ xu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wo⁴ wun⁶
  - Yale: wòh wuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ wun⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ wun⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ wuːn²²/

Middle Chinese: /ɦuɑ ɦuɑn^X/▼

Rime
Character	和	緩
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	戸戈切	胡管切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑ/	/ɦuɑn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuɑ/	/ɦʷɑn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑ/	/ɣuɑn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwa/	/ɦwan^X/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑ/	/ɣuɑn^X/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑ/	/ɣuɑn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ/	/ɣuɑn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó	huàn

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤoj [ɢ]ʷˤa[n]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːl ɢʷaːnʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	和	緩
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	huǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ hwa ›	‹ hwan^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ˤoj/	/*[ɢ]ʷˤa[n]ʔ/
English	harmonious	slack; slow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	和	緩
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	4932	16160
Phonetic component	禾	爰
Rime group	歌	元
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	和	緩
Old Chinese	/*ɡoːl/	/*ɢʷaːnʔ/

Adjective

和緩

mild, gentle

Verb

和緩

to ease up, to relax

Proper noun

和緩

name of two physicians in ancient Qin state: zh:医和 and zh:医缓

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