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高速 means “high speed” or “in high gear” in Chinese and Japanese Kanji.
In old Korean Hanja, it also means “high speed” but can also be a nickname for “rapid transit.”
高速 is the best selection if you want to say “speed” in regard to your race car, race boat, or lifestyle. You need this word, which literally means “high speed,” as the Asian word for “speed” alone does not suggest whether you mean fast or slow.
吸入 is a Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean word that means inhale, inhalation, or to breathe in.
吸 by itself can mean to inhale or suck in.
入 means to enter (in this case, the body), so it clarifies that this is the true inhalation of air into the body.
If you need a reminder to breathe (slow down and take a deep breath), this may be the word you want hanging on your wall.
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緩急 is often used as a Korean martial arts term, “speed control.” It's also one of the 8 key concepts of Tang Soo Do.
In other contexts, this can mean priority, pace, tempo, or slow and fast.
太極拳 is the famous Taoist meditation and martial art exercise. The direct translation of these characters would be something like “grand ultimate fist,” but that does not quite hit the mark for what this title really means.
An early-morning walk through any city in China near a park or an open area will yield a view of Chinese people practicing this ancient technique.
A typical scene is an old man of no less than 80 years on this earth, with a wispy white beard and perhaps a sword in one hand. He makes slow moves that are impossibly smooth. He is steady-footed and always in balance. For him, time is meaningless and proper form, and technique is far more important than speed.
For the younger generation, faster moves may look impressive and seem smooth to the casual observer. But more discipline and mental strength are needed to create perfectly smooth moves in virtual slow motion.
Note: There are two ways to Romanize these Chinese characters, as seen in the title above. The pronunciation and actual characters are the same in Chinese. If you really used English sounds/words to pronounce this, it would be something like “tie jee chew-on” (make the “chew-on” one flowing syllable).
These search terms might be related to Slow:
A Deliberate Inaction is Better Than a Blind Action
A Moment of Time is as Precious as Gold
Alert / on Guard / Lingering Mind
Black or White Cat Matters Not as Long as It Can Catch Mice
Celestial Dragon / Tian Long
Changquan / Long Fist
Chill Out
Dim Mak
Do Not Take Action Until the Time is Right
Each Time You Stumble and Fall, You Gain Experience and Wisdom
Eternal / Long-Lasting
Fear Not Long Roads; Fear Only Short Ambition
Forever Young / Long Life
High Mountain Long River
If You Love Your Child, Send Them Out Into the World
Lingering Mind
Live Long and Prosper
Longevity / Long Life
Longevity / Long Life Wishes
Not Long for This World
Put Out a Burning Wood Cart With a Cup of Water
Respect Out of Fear is Never Genuine; Reverence Out of Respect is Never False
Shen Long
There is Always a Way Out
Time
Time and Tide Wait for No Man
Time Heals All Wounds
Time is as Precious as Gold
Time is Gold
Time is Money
Time is More Valuable Than Jade
Time Waits for No One
Year-in Year-Out Have Abundance
You Are Who You Hang Out With
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your slow search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
卡頓 卡顿 see styles |
kǎ dùn ka3 dun4 k`a tun ka tun |
More info & calligraphy: Caton |
緩急 缓急 see styles |
huǎn jí huan3 ji2 huan chi kankyuu / kankyu かんきゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Speed Control(1) high and low speed; fast and slow; pace; tempo; (2) lenience and severity; (3) emergency; crisis; dire situation |
伹 see styles |
qū qu1 ch`ü chü |
clumsy and dumb; slow-witted |
姍 姗 see styles |
shān shan1 shan |
to deprecate; lithe (of a woman's walk); leisurely; slow |
慢 see styles |
màn man4 man man |
slow māna. Pride, arrogance, self-conceit, looking down on others, supercilious, etc.; there are categories of seven and nine kinds of pride. |
暇 see styles |
xiá xia2 hsia ka ひま |
leisure (noun or adjectival noun) (1) spare time; free time; leisure; (2) time (e.g. time it takes to do something); (noun or adjectival noun) (3) time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; (4) quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (adjectival noun) (5) (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow; (noun or adjectival noun) (1) spare time; free time; leisure; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; (3) quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (4) leaving; departing a leisure moment |
温 see styles |
nuku ぬく |
(archaism) (derogatory term) (See 温い・1) idiot; dummy; slow person; (female given name) Yutaka |
炆 see styles |
wén wen2 wen |
(Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire |
熬 see styles |
áo ao2 ao |
to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure |
笨 see styles |
bèn ben4 pen takeno たけの |
stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy (surname) Takeno |
緩 缓 see styles |
huǎn huan3 huan nobu のぶ |
slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate (female given name) Nobu looseness |
縵 缦 see styles |
màn man4 man man |
plain thin silk; slow; unadorned unpatterned cloth |
訒 讱 see styles |
rèn ren4 jen |
(literary) slow in speech |
賒 赊 see styles |
shē she1 she sha |
to buy or sell on credit; distant; long (time); to forgive To buy or sell on credit; to borrow; slow, remiss, shirk. |
蹇 see styles |
jiǎn jian3 chien ken あしなえ |
lame; cripple; unfortunate; slow; difficult; nag (inferior horse); donkey; lame horse (kana only) (sensitive word) lameness; cripple Halt, lame; unfortunate; proud; translit. ka, kha, ska. |
辿 see styles |
chān chan1 ch`an chan tadoru たどる |
used in names, e.g. 龍王辿|龙王辿[Long2 wang2 Chan1] Longwang Chan, a place in Shaanxi Province; (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow (surname, given name) Tadoru |
遲 迟 see styles |
chí chi2 ch`ih chih chi |
late; delayed; slow late |
鈍 钝 see styles |
dùn dun4 tun don; noro どん; のろ |
blunt; stupid (noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 鋭・1) dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained; (given name) Don Dull, blunt, stupid. |
ヒマ see styles |
hima ヒマ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) spare time; free time; leisure; (2) time (e.g. time it takes to do something); (noun or adjectival noun) (3) time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; (4) quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (adjectival noun) (5) (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow |
並足 see styles |
namiashi なみあし |
walking pace; slow march |
低調 低调 see styles |
dī diào di1 diao4 ti tiao teichou / techo ていちょう |
low pitch; quiet (voice); subdued; low-key; low-profile (noun or adjectival noun) inactive; slow; sluggish; slack; low tone; undertone; dullness; (market) weakness |
低速 see styles |
dī sù di1 su4 ti su teisoku / tesoku ていそく |
low speed (noun - becomes adjective with の) low speed; slow speed |
凌遅 see styles |
ryouchi / ryochi りょうち |
(hist) lingchi; death by a thousand cuts; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body |
口重 see styles |
kuchiomo くちおも |
(noun or adjectival noun) slow of speech; prudent |
哥沢 see styles |
utazawa うたざわ |
slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period); (surname) Utazawa |
巧遅 see styles |
kouchi / kochi こうち |
(ant: 拙速) elaborate but slow execution; polished but slow work |
延緩 延缓 see styles |
yán huǎn yan2 huan3 yen huan |
to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow something down |
弾幕 see styles |
danmaku だんまく |
(1) {mil} (artillery) barrage; (2) {vidg} bullet hell; curtain fire; screen-filling barrage of (usu. slow-moving) enemy bullets; (3) (net-sl) barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video) |
徐冷 see styles |
jorei / jore じょれい |
annealing; slow cooling |
徐緩 徐缓 see styles |
xú huǎn xu2 huan3 hsü huan |
slow; sluggish; lazily; to slow down |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Speed | 高速 | kousoku / kosoku | gāo sù / gao1 su4 / gao su / gaosu | kao su / kaosu |
Inhale | 吸入 | kyuu nyuu / kyuunyuu / kyu nyu | xī rù / xi1 ru4 / xi ru / xiru | hsi ju / hsiju |
Do not fear being slow, fear standing still | 不怕慢就怕站 | bú pà màn jiù pà zhàn bu2 pa4 man4 jiu4 pa4 zhan4 bu pa man jiu pa zhan bupamanjiupazhan | pu p`a man chiu p`a chan pupamanchiupachan pu pa man chiu pa chan |
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Speed Control | 緩急 缓急 | kankyuu / kankyu | huǎn jí / huan3 ji2 / huan ji / huanji | huan chi / huanchi |
Tai Chi Chuan Tai Ji Quan | 太極拳 太极拳 | tai kyoku ken taikyokuken | tài jí quán tai4 ji2 quan2 tai ji quan taijiquan | t`ai chi ch`üan taichichüan tai chi chüan |
Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast | 慢就是順順就是快 慢就是顺顺就是快 | màn jiù shì shùn shùn jiù shì kuài man4 jiu4 shi4 shun4 shun4 jiu4 shi4 kuai4 man jiu shi shun shun jiu shi kuai | man chiu shih shun shun chiu shih k`uai man chiu shih shun shun chiu shih kuai |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
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