慢吞吞

Mandarin · pinyin màn tūn tūn

Meanings

  1. very slow
  2. exasperatingly slow
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慢
màn · slow(ly), leisurely, sluggish
吞
tūn · swallow; absorb, annex, engulf
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4–1–1 · man4 tun1 tun1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maan6 tan1 tan1

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maan6 tan1 tan1

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adj

  1. (ideophonic) sluggish; slow-moving; leisurely

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