Slow in Chinese (Mandarin): 慢 (màn)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 慢

• 慢

  Slow. 忄 (heart) is on the left.

  14 strokes

Fourth tone. Slow down is 慢点 (màn diǎn), and take care is 慢走 (màn zǒu), "walk slowly", said to guests leaving.

More examples with 慢

• 蜗牛爬得很慢。

  蝸牛爬得很慢。

  Wōniú pá de hěn màn.

  The snail crawls slowly.

• 请慢慢说。

  請慢慢說。

  Qǐng mànmàn shuō.

  Please speak slowly.

How to write 慢 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.