減薪

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	fuel; salary
trad. (減薪)		減	薪
simp. (减薪)		减	薪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnsin
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-hsin¹
    • Yale: jyǎn-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanshin
    • Palladius: цзяньсинь (czjanʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam² san¹
    • Yale: gáam sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-sin
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

減薪

1. to cut someone's pay; to reduce someone's salary

Synonyms

• 降薪 (jiàngxīn)

Antonyms

• 加薪 (jiāxīn)