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减
減
jiǎn
1.
to lower
2.
to decrease
3.
to reduce
4.
to subtract
5.
to diminish
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Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
删减
shānjiǎn
to delete
削减
xuējiǎn
to cut down
增减
zēngjiǎn
to add or subtract
宽减
kuānjiǎn
tax relief
平减
píngjiǎn
to deflate
抵减
dǐjiǎn
to claim a credit against
减低
jiǎndī
to lower
减俸
jiǎnfèng
to lower salary
减价
jiǎnjià
to cut prices
减免
jiǎnmiǎn
to lower tax
减刑
jiǎnxíng
to reduce penalty
减半
jiǎnbàn
to reduce by half
减去
jiǎnqù
minus
减噪
jiǎnzào
noise reduction
减压
jiǎnyā
to reduce pressure
减妆
jiǎnzhuāng
makeup box (old)
减小
jiǎnxiǎo
to reduce
减少
jiǎnshǎo
to lessen
减幅
jiǎnfú
amount of reduction
减弱
jiǎnruò
to weaken
Example Sentences (1)
减了一个月都没瘦下来，我实在没有信心了。
Jiǎn le yí gè yuè dōu méi shòu xiàlái, wǒ shízài méiyǒu xìnxīn le.
I dieted for a month and still didn't slim down. I really have no confidence anymore.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 856
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,915 of 84,292