消減

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
trad. (消減)		消	減
simp. (消减)		消	减

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāojiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāojiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaojiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-chien³
    • Yale: syāu-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaujean
    • Palladius: сяоцзянь (sjaoczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

消減

1. to ebb; to go down; to decline; to abate
2. to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise

Synonyms

• (to ebb):

• 消退 (xiāotuì)
• 減退／减退 (jiǎntuì)
• 衰弱 (shuāiruò)
• 衰退 (shuāituì)

 

• (to reduce):

• 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)
• 減低／减低 (jiǎndī)
• 減少／减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
• 減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
• 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)