缓缓

• ピンイン: huǎn huǎn
• 漢字の分解: 缓 = 糸 + 爰 (thread + gentle, slow movement); reduplicated to emphasise deliberate gradualism

意味

ゆっくりと／静かに（徐々に）

A literary adverb used to describe measured, smooth, or dignified movement. Appears frequently in prose, poetry, and formal writing to convey calm pacing. More refined in register than 慢慢, which is the everyday conversational equivalent.

例文

1. 夕阳缓缓西沉，将天空染成一片橙红色。
2. 老人缓缓地走向窗边，望着窗外沉默良久。
3. 会议在主持人的引导下缓缓进入正题，气氛十分平和。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, prose, formal descriptions, poetry

トーン: serene

正しい言い方

• 帷幕缓缓拉开，舞台上展现出一幅精美绝伦的画面，全场观众屏息凝视。(The curtain slowly drew open, revealing an exquisitely beautiful scene on the stage; the entire audience held their breath and stared.)
• 河水缓缓流淌，两岸垂柳依依，构成了一幅令人心旷神怡的田园画卷。(The river flowed gently, the weeping willows drooping tenderly on both banks, forming a pastoral scene that refreshed the heart and mind.)

避ける言い方

• 缓缓 in casual spoken Chinese — it is literary and written in register; in everyday speech use 慢慢 or 慢慢地 instead

起源と歴史

缓 (slow/gradual) + 缓 (reduplication for emphatic gradual motion)

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal