He walks slowly.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
慢慢
slowly; gradually
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
slowly; gradually
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 慢慢 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 慢慢 appears in 36 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The wheel began to roll slowly.
He is slowly catching up.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 慢慢.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 慢慢.
Directly before
- 他慢慢5
- 她慢慢5
- 开始慢慢2
- 在慢慢2
- 中慢慢2
Directly after
- 慢慢地13
- 慢慢吃3
- 慢慢转动2
- 慢慢向1
- 慢慢的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 慢慢
What does 慢慢 mean in Chinese?
慢慢 (mànmàn) means slowly; gradually.
How do you pronounce 慢慢?
慢慢 is pronounced mànmàn.
Is 慢慢 an HSK word?
慢慢 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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