減少

See also: 减少

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
trad. (減少)		減	少
simp. (减少)		减	少

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnshǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² siu²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kám-séu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gam³ sau³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-chió / kiám-siáu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ke-sau₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnshǎo [Phonetic: jiánshǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnshǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-shao³
    • Yale: jyǎn-shǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanshao
    • Palladius: цзяньшао (czjanʹšao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaam² siu²
    • Yale: gáam síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam² xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 減小 / 减小 減少 / 减少

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-séu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˋ seu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ seu³
    • Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ seu̯³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gam³ sau³
    • Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ sau³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-chió
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-tsió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmcioir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sio⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-siáu
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-siáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmsiao
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ke-sau₅
    • MiniDict: ke^去 sau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ke-sau₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ke³³ sɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

減少

1. to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise

   減少痛苦／减少痛苦  ―  jiǎnshǎo tòngkǔ  ―  to reduce suffering

   減少損失／减少损失  ―  jiǎnshǎo sǔnshī  ―  to cut one's losses

   減少浪費／减少浪费  ―  jiǎnshǎo làngfèi  ―  to reduce waste

   減少犯罪／减少犯罪  ―  jiǎnshǎo fànzuì  ―  to reduce crime

   減少疲勞／减少疲劳  ―  jiǎnshǎo píláo  ―  to minimise fatigue

   減少食量／减少食量  ―  jiǎnshǎo shíliàng  ―  to reduce food intake

   減少政府過度監管 [MSC, trad.]
   减少政府过度监管 [MSC, simp.]

   jiǎnshǎo zhèngfǔ guòdù jiānguǎn [Pinyin]

   to reduce excessive government regulations

   減少儲蓄，增加消費 [MSC, trad.]
   减少储蓄，增加消费 [MSC, simp.]

   jiǎnshǎo chǔxù, zēngjiā xiāofèi [Pinyin]

   to save less and spend more

Synonyms

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• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削減 / 削减 (xuējiǎn)
• 壓縮 / 压缩 (yāsuō)
• 損 / 损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撤 (chè)
• 收縮 / 收缩 (shōusuō)
• 消減 / 消减 (xiāojiǎn)
• 減低 / 减低 (jiǎndī)
• 減削 / 减削 (jiǎnxuè)
• 減損 / 减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
• 減縮 / 减缩 (jiǎnsuō)
• 減輕 / 减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
• 省卻 / 省却 (shěngquè)
• 砍 (kǎn)
• 緊縮 / 紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
• 縮減 / 缩减 (suōjiǎn)
• 耗
• 裁 (cái)
• 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
• 裁減 / 裁减 (cáijiǎn)
• 鐫汰 / 镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
• 降低 (jiàngdī)

Antonyms

• 加多 (jiāduō)
• 加添 (jiātiān)
• 添加 (tiānjiā)
• 增多 (zēngduō)
• 增加 (zēngjiā)
• 增添 (zēngtiān)