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减

jiǎn

HSK 4 Character Traditional 減

What 减 means

1. to lower
2. to decrease
3. to reduce
4. to subtract
5. to diminish

Example sentences

• 我要减肥。
  I want to lose weight.
• 我想减肥。
  I want to lose weight.
• 谁在减肥？
  Who's on diet?
• 风暴减弱了。
  Fēngbào jiǎnruò le.
  The storm abated.
• 你怎么减压？
  Nǐ zěnme jiǎnyā?
  How do you relieve stress?
• 你如何减压？
  Nǐ rúhé jiǎnyā?
  How do you relieve stress?

Words starting with 减

• 减少jiǎn shǎoto lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
• 减肥jiǎn féito lose weight
• 减轻jiǎn qīngto lighten; to ease; to alleviate
• 减弱jiǎn ruòto weaken; to diminish
• 减速jiǎn sùto reduce speed; to slow down
• 减免jiǎn miǎnto reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
• 减去jiǎn qùminus; to subtract
• 减缓jiǎn huǎnto slow down; to retard
• 减价jiǎn jiàto cut prices; to discount; to mark down
• 减小jiǎn xiǎoto reduce; to decrease; to diminish
• 减退jiǎn tuìto ebb; to go down; to decline
• 减负jiǎn fùto alleviate a burden on sb
• 减刑jiǎn xíngto reduce penalty; shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
• 减低jiǎn dīto lower; to reduce
• 减税jiǎn shuìto reduce the tax rate
• 减压jiǎn yāto reduce pressure; to relax
• 减慢jiǎn mànto slow down
• 减半jiǎn bànto reduce by half
• 减产jiǎn chǎnto produce less; to reduce output; lower yield
• 减法jiǎn fǎsubtraction
• 减掉jiǎn diàoto subtract; to lose (weight)
• 减分jiǎn fēnto deduct points; to lose points
• 减员jiǎn yuánto reduce the number of personnel; to experience a reduction in the number of personnel
• 减息jiǎn xīto lower the interest rate

Words containing 减

• 削减xuē jiǎnto cut down; to reduce; to lower
• 缩减suō jiǎnto cut; to reduce
• 增减zēng jiǎnto add or subtract; to increase or decrease; to go up or go down
• 递减dì jiǎnprogressively decreasing; gradually falling; in descending order
• 锐减ruì jiǎnsteep decline
• 有增无减yǒu zēng wú jiǎnto increase without letup; to get worse and worse (idiom)
• 偷工减料tōu gōng jiǎn liàoto skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom); jerry-building; sloppy work
• 裁减cái jiǎnto reduce; to lessen; to cut down
• 衰减shuāi jiǎnto weaken; to attenuate
• 平减píng jiǎnto deflate; to decrease (number, esp. price)
• 加减号jiā jiǎn hàoplus-minus sign (±); plus and minus signs (+ and -)
• 被减数bèi jiǎn shù(math) minuend
• 不减当年bù jiǎn dāng nián(of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit…
• 满减mǎn jiǎndiscount after reaching a minimum spend
• 精减jīng jiǎnto reduce; to pare down; to streamline
• 双减Shuāng jiǎn(mainland) Double Reduction Policy, announced in 2021, aiming to ease pressure on K-12…
• 抵减dǐ jiǎnto claim a credit against; tax reduction
• 加减乘除jiā jiǎn chéng chú(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of…
• 删减shān jiǎnto abridge (a text); to edit out (of a movie); to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)
• 骤减zhòu jiǎnto decrease rapidly; to plummet
• 宽减kuān jiǎntax relief
• 扣减kòu jiǎnto deduct
• 碳减排tàn jiǎn páito reduce carbon emissions
• 酌减zhuó jiǎnto make considered reductions; discretionary reduction

Characters built on 咸

These share the phonetic component 咸 (xián), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 碱jiǎn(chemistry) base; alkali; soda
• 缄jiān(wooden) box; cup; old variant of 缄
• 堿jiǎnvariant of 碱

Characters that look like 减

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 域yùfield; region; area
• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate
• 戚qī(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 淌tǎngto drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
• 娥égood; beautiful

Sounds the same

Read jiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 检to check; to examine; to inspect
• 简simple; uncomplicated; letter
• 剪(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out…
• 捡to pick up; to collect; to gather
• 柬card; note; letter
• 俭(bound form) frugal; thrifty
• 拣to choose; to pick; to sort out
• 蹇lame; cripple; unfortunate
• 茧(bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼
• 碱(chemistry) base; alkali; soda
• 睑eyelid
• 謇to speak out boldly