慢 (màn) means Slow. Below are 24 of the 62 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
别激动， 慢 慢 说。
Bié jīdòng, mànmàn shuō.
Do not get worked up; speak slowly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 激动
别紧张， 慢 慢 说。
Bié jǐnzhāng, mànmàn shuō.
Do not be nervous; speak slowly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 紧张
别慌张， 慢 慢 说。
Bié huāngzhāng, mànmàn shuō.
Do not panic, speak slowly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 慌张
老人行动有点 慢 。
Lǎorén xíngdòng yǒudiǎn màn.
The old man moves a little slowly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 行动
云 慢 慢 向东移动。
Yún mànmàn xiàng dōng yídòng.
The clouds are slowly moving east.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 移动
小船 慢 慢 靠近了岸。
Xiǎo chuán mànmàn kàojìn le àn.
The little boat slowly drew near the shore.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 岸
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From the graded readers
王老师很好，他说话很 慢 。
wáng lǎoshī hěnhǎo, tā shuōhuà hěn màn.
Mr Wang is very good — he speaks slowly.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
下班以后，我 慢 慢 地走回家。
xiàbān yǐhòu, wǒ mànmàn dì / de zǒu huíjiā.
After work I walked home slowly.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
爸爸在后面扶着车，让我 慢 慢 地骑。
bàba zài hòumian fúzhe chē, ràng wǒ mànmàn dì / de qí.
Dad held the back of the bike and let me ride slowly.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
那个声音又重又 慢 ，像有人在搬东西。
nèigè shēngyīn yòu zhòng / chóng yòu màn, xiàng yǒurén zài bān dōngxī.
It was heavy and slow, like someone moving furniture.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
一只老狗从院子里 慢 慢 走出来，看了我很久。
yī zhī lǎo gǒu cóng yuànzi lǐ mànmàn zǒu chūlai, kànle wǒ hěn jiǔ.
An old dog came slowly out of the yard and looked at me for a long time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
然后，太阳 慢 慢 地出来了，山上的风景美极了。
ránhòu, tàiyáng mànmàn dì / de chūlai le / liǎo / liào, shānshàng de / dì fēngjǐng měi jí le / liǎo / liào.
Then the sun came up slowly, and the view was stunning.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
后来我 慢 慢 发现，休息以后我做事反而更快了。
hòulái wǒ mànmàn fāxiàn, xiūxi yǐhòu wǒ zuòshì fǎn'ér gèng / gēng kuài le / liǎo / liào.
Then I gradually noticed that after resting I actually worked faster.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
李老师跟我说：“ 慢 一点儿没关系，别停下来。”
lǐ lǎoshī gēn wǒ shuō:" màn yīdiǎn ér méiguānxi, bié tíngxìalái."
Teacher Li said to me, "Slower is fine — just don't stop."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
慢 慢 地，八分钟变成了二十分钟，二十分钟变成了一个小时。
mànmàn dì / de, bā fēnzhōng biànchéng le / liǎo / liào èrshí fēnzhōng, èrshí fēnzhōng biànchéng le / liǎo / liào yīgè xiǎoshí.
Slowly, eight minutes became twenty, and twenty became an hour.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
我想了几秒钟，然后老老实实地说：“我做事太 慢 ，因为我怕做错。”
wǒ xiǎng le / liǎo / liào jǐ / jī miǎo zhōng, ránhòu lǎo lǎoshí shí dì / de shuō:" wǒ zuòshì tài màn, yīnwèi wǒ pà zuòcuò."
I thought for a few seconds and then said honestly, "I work too slowly, because I'm afraid of making mistakes."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
From the grammar library
请说 慢 一点儿。
Qǐng shuō màn yìdiǎnr.
Please speak a little more slowly.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 一点儿 vs 有点儿
慢 appears in 62 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 慢
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 慢
How is 慢 used in a sentence?
This page shows 62 sentences using 慢 (màn, "Slow"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 慢 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 慢 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 慢 an HSK word?
Yes — 慢 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 慢?
The dictionary page for 慢 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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