"Sluggish" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 迟钝 | chí dùn | slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought) |   |
| 迟缓 | chí huǎn | slow / sluggish | |
| 呆滞 | dāi zhì | dull / lifeless / sluggish | |
| 萧条 | xiāo tiáo | bleak / desolate / (economics) in a slump / sluggish / depressed | |
| 拖拉 | tuō lā | to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams | |
| 涓涓 | juān juān | a trickle / tiny stream / sluggish / to flow sluggishly | |
| 拖沓 | tuō tà | dilatory / sluggish / muddled / roundabout | |
| 慢腾腾 | màn téng téng | leisurely / unhurried / sluggish | |
| 徐缓 | xú huǎn | slow / sluggish / lazily / to slow down | |
| 缓 |  huǎn | slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate | |
| 蠢 | chǔn | stupid / sluggish / clumsy / to wiggle (of worms) / to move in a disorderly fashion | |
| 滞 | zhì | sluggish | |
| 疲困 | pí kùn | (literary) tired / fatigued / (economics) weak / sluggish | |
| 缓动 | huǎn dòng | sluggish | |
| 迂磨 | yū mó | sluggish / delaying | |
| 温吞 | wēn tūn | tepid / lukewarm / (fig.) apathetic / half-hearted / sluggish / mild-tempered | |
| 冷涩 | lěng sè | cold and sluggish / chilly | |
| 涩脉 | sè mài | sluggish pulse | |
| 血郁 | xuè yù | (TCM) to have sluggish blood circulation | |
