HSK 1 · Describing

慢

màn

slow

Stroke order of 慢

慢 is written with 14 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A heart '忄' dragging something long '曼' behind it can only move slowly.

Parts: 忄 heart + 曼 long, drawn-out (phonetic)

Example sentence

请你说得慢一点儿。

Please speak a little more slowly.

Words with 慢

More words: Describing

大big; large 小small; little 多many; much 少few; little 高tall; high 新new 老old 快fast; quickly 难difficult; hard 干净clean 坏bad; broken

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