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Information of 减

Pinyin jiǎn

Radical

冫

Strokes

11 strokes

Usage

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Definition

to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish

减 jiǎn 【动】【本义】:减少，由全体中去掉一部分【造字法】:形声。从水，咸声。 1. 同本义 ([En.] reduce) 例：减价 (reduce price)；减员 (reduce personnel)；缩减 (cut down)；削减 (cut down)；偷工减料 (cut corners). 2. 不足;不到;少于 ([En.] be not enough; be insufficient) 例：《世说新语》：王右军年减十岁时，大将军甚爱之。(When Wang Xizhi was ten years younger, he was very loved by the General.) 3. 诛，杀 ([En.] kill) 例：《史记·赵世家》：减二卿。(Kill two ministers.) 4. 降低;减轻 ([En.] lighten) 例：又如:减流(从轻流放罪犯)；减等(减轻刑罚的等级)；减降(减轻降低)；减汰(削减淘汰). 5. 节约，节省，俭约 ([En.] save) 例：如:减妆(亦作“减装”。妇女盛梳妆用品和首饰的匣子)；减勒(从简)；减样(简易的)；减约(俭省节约).

减噪 jiǎn zào

noise reduction

删减 shān jiǎn

to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)

减弱 jiǎn ruò

to weaken / to fall off

减轻 jiǎn qīng

to lighten / to ease / to alleviate

减小 jiǎn xiǎo

to reduce / to decrease / to diminish

削减 xuē jiǎn

to cut down / to reduce / to lower

减肥 jiǎn féi

to lose weight

减退 jiǎn tuì

to ebb / to go down / to decline

减产 jiǎn chǎn

to lose output / a drop in crop yield / reduction in production

裁减 cái jiǎn

to reduce / to lessen / to cut down

递减 dì jiǎn

progressively decreasing / gradually falling / in descending order

增减 zēng jiǎn

to add or subtract / to increase or decrease / to go up or go down

缩减 suō jiǎn

to cut / to reduce

锐减 ruì jiǎn

steep decline

减缓 jiǎn huǎn

to slow down / to retard

减速 jiǎn sù

to reduce speed / to slow down / to take it easy

减去 jiǎn qù

minus / to subtract

不减 bù jiǎn

immortalization / imperishability

减慢 jiǎn màn

to slow down

衰减 shuāi jiǎn

to weaken / to attenuate

减免 jiǎn miǎn

to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)

偷工减料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào

to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work

减少 jiǎn shǎo

to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower

减仓 jiǎn cāng

reduce stock

减租 jiǎn zū

to reduce rent

减税 jiǎn shuì

tax cut

减薪 jiǎn xīn

to cut wages

酌减 zhuó jiǎn

to make considered reductions / discretionary reduction

骤减 zhòu jiǎn

die-off