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慢慢

慢慢

Chinese

		slow	slow
simp. and trad. (慢慢)		慢	慢

Adverb

慢慢

slowly

Derived terms

慢慢吃 (mànmàn chī)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): mànmàn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ maan^6-2, maan^6-2 maan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): man-man
Min Nan (POJ): bān-bān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: mànmàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannmann
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ ma̠n⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ maan^6-2, maan^6-2 maan⁶
  - Yale: maahn máan, máan maahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ maan^6-2, maan^6-2 maan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑːn²² mɑːn²²⁻³⁵/, /mɑːn²²⁻³⁵ mɑːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: man-man
  - Hakka Romanization System: man man
  - Hagfa Pinyim: man⁴ man⁴
  - IPA: /man⁵⁵ man⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-bān
  - Tâi-lô: bān-bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnban
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ ban²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² ban⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ ban²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ ban³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ ban³³/