# 慢

| 慢 | U+6162, &#24930; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6162 |
| ← 慡 [U+6161] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 慣 → [U+6163] |

## Translingual
### Han character

慢 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心日田水 (PAWE), four-corner 9604$_7$, composition ⿰忄曼)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 399, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11110
* Dae Jaweon: page 738, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2346, character 1
* Unihan data for U+6162

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 獌 | *mroːn, *moːns, *mons |
| 鬘 | *mroːn |
| 謾 | *mroːn, *mroːns, *mon, *moːn, *moːns |
| 慢 | *mroːns |
| 嫚 | *mroːns |
| 縵 | *mroːns, *moːns |
| 曼 | *moːn, *mons |
| 饅 | *moːn |
| 蔓 | *moːn, *mons |
| 鰻 | *moːn, *mons |
| 墁 | *moːn, *moːns |
| 鏝 | *moːn, *moːns |
| 槾 | *moːn |
| 漫 | *moːns |
| 幔 | *moːns |
| 蟃 | *mons |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mroːns) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 曼 (OC *moːn, *mons) – a character trait or behavior (of the heart), sluggish. Note that 曼 also means “long, extended”, so connotations of “take a long time, leisurely, sluggish”.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): màn (man$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ман (man, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maan$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): man$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): man$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): man
    (Meixian, Guangdong): man$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): man$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): māing
* Eastern Min (BUC): mâing / mâng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bān / bǎn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mang$^7$ / bhuang$^6$ / bhuêng$^6$ / muang$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$me
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): man$^5$ / man$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: màn
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: màn
*** Wade–Giles: man$^4$
*** Yale: màn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mann
*** Palladius: мань (manʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /män⁵¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ман (man, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /mæ̃⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maan$^6$
*** Yale: maahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: man$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːn²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: man$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐban³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: man$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /man¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: man
*** Hakka Romanization System: man
*** Hagfa Pinyim: man$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /man⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: man$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /man⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: man$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /mæ̃⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: māing
*** Sinological IPA : /maiŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mâing / mâng
*** Sinological IPA : /maiŋ²⁴²/, /mɑŋ²⁴²/
* mâing - vernacular;
* mâng - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit慢 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /man⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /man⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /man⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /mã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /mã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /man³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /mã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /mã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /man¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /mɛ̃n¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /man²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /man³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /man¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /man²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /mã̠²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /maŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /mæ̃⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /mæ̃⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /mɑŋ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /mæ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /me²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /me̞³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /mẽ̞¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ma²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /mɛ²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /muːə¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /man⁵⁵/ /man¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /man²¹/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /man²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /man⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /mɑn⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /man²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /man²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /man²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ban²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /maiŋ²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /maiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /maŋ³¹/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /maŋ²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: maenH
Rime :
| Character | 慢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (69) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 謨晏切 |
| Baxter | maenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠan$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚan$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɐn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /maɨn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /man$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /man$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /man$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | màn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | maan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤra[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mroːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 慢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | màn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mæn$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁra[n]-s/ |
| English | disrespectful |
| 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 | 慢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8735 |
| Phonetic component | 曼 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 慢 |
| Old Chinese | /*mroːns/ |

### Definitions

慢
* slow; sluggish
       Nǐ néng kāi màn yīdiǎn ma? [Pinyin]
       Can you drive slower?
       Zhè biǎo màn le sān fēnzhōng. [Pinyin]
       This watch is three minutes slow.
* rude; proud; disrespectful
    怠慢 ― dàimàn ― to snub
    輕慢／轻慢 ― qīngmàn ― arrogant
* (of time zones) to be behind
    Antonym: 快 (kuài)
* (literary) slack; sluggish; remiss; idle
    From: 227 CE. 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang), 出師表
    Ruò wú xìngdé zhī yán, zé zé Yōuzhī, Yī, Yǔn děng zhī màn. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Teochew) late

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 慢, 緩慢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 慢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 慢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 慢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 慢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 慢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 慢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 慢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 慢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 慢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 慢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 慢, 嚤 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 慢, 嚤 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 慢 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 慢 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 慢 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 慢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 慢 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 慢 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 慢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 慢 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 慢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 慢 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 慢 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 慢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 慢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 慢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 慢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 慢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 慢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 慢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 慢, 惡 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 慢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 慢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 慢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 慢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 慢 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 慢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 慢 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 慢 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 慢 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 慢 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 慢, 緩 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 慢 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 慢 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 慢 |
* (slow): 緩／缓 (huǎn)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 遲, 晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 晚, 遲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 晚, 遲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 晚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 晚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 晚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 晚, 遲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 晚, 遲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 晏, 晚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 晏, 遲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 晏 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 晏 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 晚, 遲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 晚, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 遲水 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang (Yangdong) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Yangdong (Yashao) | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Yangchun | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Yangxi | 晏, 遲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 遲 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 晏, 遲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 晏 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 晏 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 遲 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 晏 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 晏 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 遲, 晏 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 晝 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 遲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 晏 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 慢 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 慢 |
| Hakka | Changting | 晏 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 遲 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 遲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 晏 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 遲 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 晏 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 晏 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 晏 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 遲 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 遲 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 遲 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 遲 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 晏 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 遲, 晚 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 晏 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 晏 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 慢 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 晏 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 遲, 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 遲 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 遲, 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 遲, 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 遲, 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 遲 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 慢 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 慢 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 晏 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 遲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 晏, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 晏, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 晏, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 晏 GT, 暗 GT |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 暗, 晏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 晏, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 遲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 晏, 慢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 晏, 慢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 晏, 慢 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 晏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 晏, 暗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 晏 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 晏 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 慢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 慢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 晏 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 晏, 遲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 晏 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 晏 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 晏 |
| Wu | Danyang | 晚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 晏, 遲 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 晏 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 遲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 晏, 遲 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 晏 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “slow”): 快 (kuài)

### Compounds

* 且慢 (qiěmàn)
* 侮慢 (wǔmàn)
* 倨傲怠慢
* 倨慢
* 停雲慢步／停云慢步
* 傲慢 (àomàn)
* 傲賢慢士／傲贤慢士
* 堊慢／垩慢
* 多慢
* 婆婆慢慢
* 媟慢
* 廢慢／废慢
* 待慢
* 忤慢
* 怠慢 (dàimàn)
* 悖慢
* 惰慢 (duòmàn)
* 慆慢
* 慢世
* 慢仗
* 慢俄延
* 慢功
* 慢動作／慢动作 (màndòngzuò)
* 慢半拍 (mànbànpāi)
* 慢吐蓮／慢吐莲
* 慢吞吞 (màntūntūn)
* 慢哼哼
* 慢坡
* 慢帳／慢帐
* 慢張／慢张
* 慢待 (màndài)
* 慢性 (mànxìng)
* 慢性子 (mànxìngzi)
* 慢性病 (mànxìngbìng)
* 慢性自殺／慢性自杀
* 慢悠悠 (mànyōuyōu)
* 慢惰 (mànduò)
* 慢慢
* 慢慢來／慢慢来
* 慢慢兒／慢慢儿 (mànmānr)
* 慢慢吞吞
* 慢慢騰騰／慢慢腾腾
* 慢手慢腳／慢手慢脚
* 慢散
* 慢易
* 慢曲
* 慢板 (mànbǎn)
* 慢條廝禮／慢条厮礼
* 慢條斯理／慢条斯理 (màntiáosīlǐ)
* 慢條斯禮／慢条斯礼
* 慢條絲禮／慢条丝礼
* 慢步 (mànbù)
* 慢火 (mànhuǒ)
* 慢班 (mànbān)
* 慢用 (mànyòng)
* 慢聲／慢声
* 慢臉／慢脸
* 慢藏誨盜／慢藏诲盗
* 慢表
* 慢詞／慢词
* 慢說／慢说
* 慢調／慢调
* 慢調子／慢调子
* 慢走 (mànzǒu)
* 慢跑 (mànpǎo)
* 慢車／慢车 (mànchē)
* 慢車道／慢车道
* 慢速 (mànsù)
* 慢遊／慢游
* 慢郎中
* 慢騰斯禮／慢腾斯礼
* 慢騰騰／慢腾腾 (mànténgténg)
* 慢驚風／慢惊风
* 慢點兒／慢点儿
* 懈慢
* 放慢 (fàngmàn)
* 放慢線兒／放慢线儿
* 款慢
* 減慢／减慢 (jiǎnmàn)
* 眉低眼慢
* 眼慢
* 簡慢／简慢 (jiǎnmàn)
* 細嚼慢嚥／细嚼慢咽 (xìjiáomànyàn)
* 緊七慢八／紧七慢八
* 緊打慢敲／紧打慢敲
* 緩慢／缓慢 (huǎnmàn)
* 臉慢／脸慢
* 輕吞慢吐／轻吞慢吐
* 輕慢／轻慢 (qīngmàn)
* 輕攏慢撚／轻拢慢撚
* 輕歌慢舞／轻歌慢舞
* 輕賢慢士／轻贤慢士
* 逋慢
* 鈍刀慢剮／钝刀慢剐
* 驕慢／骄慢 (jiāomàn)
* 高慢 (gāomàn)

### Further reading

* “Entry #10531”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “慢”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 151.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* (おそい) slow
* (おこたる) negligent
* (あなどる、おごる) arrogant

#### Readings

* Go-on: めん (men)
* Kan-on: ばん (ban)
* Kan’yō-on: まん (man, Jōyō)
* Kun: おそい (osoi, 慢い)、おこたる (okotaru, 慢る)、あなどる (anadoru, 慢る)、おごる (ogoru, 慢る)

#### Compounds

* (slow):
** 慢(まん)性(せい) (mansei, “chronic”)
** 緩(かん)慢(まん) (kanman, “sluggish”)
** 遅慢
* (negligent):
** 怠(たい)慢(まん) (taiman, “negligent”)
* (arrogant):
** 高(こう)慢(まん) (kōman, “arrogance”)
** 傲(ごう)慢(まん) (gōman, “arrogance”)
** 自(じ)慢(まん) (jiman, “pride”)

## Korean
### Hanja

慢 (eumhun 게으를 만 (geeureul man))
* hanja form of 만 (“slow, leisurely, sluggish”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

慢: Hán Nôm readings: mạn, mắn
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.