緩急

Chinese

 
slow; sluggish; gradual
slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
hurried; worried
trad. (緩急)
simp. (缓急)
anagram 急緩急缓

Pronunciation


Noun

緩急

  1. pressing or otherwise; greater or lesser urgency; degree of urgency
  2. emergency

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
きゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

/kwankipu//kwankifu//kwankiu//kwankjuː//kankjuː/

From Middle Chinese 緩急 (MC hwanX kip).

Pronunciation

Noun

(かん)(きゅう) • (kankyū) くわんきふ (kwankifu)?

  1. looseness and tightness
  2. slowness and quickness
  3. emergency
    • the Edict on Education of 1890 (ja: 教育勅語 kyōiku chokugo)
      (いっ)(たん)(かん)(きゅう)あれば()(ゆう)(こう)(ほう)じ、()って(てん)(じょう)()(きゅう)(こう)(うん)()(よく)すべし。
      Ittan kankyū areba giyū kō ni hōji, motte tenjōmukyū no kōun o fuyoku subeshi.
      If an emergency arises, you must loyally and courageously serve the public, and thus support the infinite royal destiny.

Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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