緩急

Chinese

		slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone	hurried; worried
trad. (緩急)		緩	急
simp. (缓急)		缓	急
anagram		急緩／急缓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǎnjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ gap¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoǎn-kip / oān-kip

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǎnjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎnjí
    • Wade–Giles: huan³-chi²
    • Yale: hwǎn-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanjyi
    • Palladius: хуаньцзи (xuanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ gap¹
    • Yale: wuhn gāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ gap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ geb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² kɐp̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoǎn-kip
    • Tâi-lô: huǎn-kip
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²² kip̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-kip
    • Tâi-lô: uān-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaxnkib
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan³³⁻²¹ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan³³⁻¹¹ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /uan²²⁻²¹ kip̚³²/

Noun

緩急

1. pressing or otherwise; greater or lesser urgency; degree of urgency
2. emergency

Derived terms

• 緩急相濟／缓急相济
• 緩急輕重／缓急轻重
• 輕重緩急／轻重缓急 (qīngzhònghuǎnjí)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緩	急
かん Grade: S	きゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

/kwankipu/ → /kwankifu/ → /kwankiu/ → /kwankjuː/ → /kankjuː/

From Middle Chinese 緩急 (MC hwanX kip).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​んきゅう [káꜜǹkyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) かんきゅう [kàńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋʲkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

緩(かん)急(きゅう) • (kankyū) ^{←くわんきふ (kwankifu)?}

1. looseness and tightness
2. slowness and quickness
3. emergency
   • the Edict on Education of 1890 (ja: 教育勅語 kyōiku chokugo)

     一(いっ)旦(たん)緩(かん)急(きゅう)あれば義(ぎ)勇(ゆう)公(こう)に奉(ほう)じ、以(も)って天(てん)壌(じょう)無(む)窮(きゅう)の皇(こう)運(うん)を扶(ふ)翼(よく)すべし。

     Ittan kankyū areba giyū kō ni hōji, motte tenjōmukyū no kōun o fuyoku subeshi.

     If an emergency arises, you must loyally and courageously serve the public, and thus support the infinite royal destiny.

Synonyms

• (slowness and quickness): 遅(ち)速(そく) (chisoku), 疾(しつ)徐(じょ) (shitsujo)
• (emergency): 緊(きん)急(きゅう) (kinkyū)