減 (gaam2 | jian3 jian4 xian4) : decrease; subtract; diminish

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減

gaam2

jian3 jian4 xian4

[1] [v] decrease; subtract; diminish; reduce; deduct; cut; minus [2] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

減 / 减

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jul 2009 16:16

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減肥 gaam2 fei4 jian3 fei2 = diet

大減價 daai6 gaam2 gaa3 = big price reductions; a sale

削減 soek3 gaam2 xue4 jian3; xiao1 jian3 = to cut down; to reduce; to lower

減低 gaam2 dai1 jian3 di1 = to lower; to reduce

減少 gaam2 siu2 jian3 shao3 = to lessen; to reduce; to decrease; to lower

減弱 gaam2 joek6 jian3 ruo4 = to weaken

減產 gaam2 caan2 jian3 chan3 = to lower production; a reduction in production

減輕 gaam2 heng1 jian3 qing1 = to lighten (a load); to ease (a burden); to alleviate

減價 gaam2 gaa3 jian3 jia4 = depreciation; to reduce the price

縮減 suk1 gaam2 suo1 jian3 = to cut, to reduce
See all 38 compounds (CantoDict reports 39 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 減

肥仔要做多啲運動減肥。粵
Fat guys have to do more exercise to lose weight.

正値減價，你多買幾件衣服吧國
We're right in the midst of a sale, you should buy a few more shirts.

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Decimal representation of this word: 減
Unicode code for this character: U+6e1b (off-site link)

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