減輕

See also: 减轻

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral
trad. (減輕)		減	輕
simp. (减轻)		减	轻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² heng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kám-khiâng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-khin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giam² king¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎncing
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-chʻing¹
    • Yale: jyǎn-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanching
    • Palladius: цзяньцин (czjanʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam² heng¹
    • Yale: gáam hēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² heng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam² héng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵ hɛːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-khiâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam` kiang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ kiang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ kʰi̯aŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-khin
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-khin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmqyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giam² king¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiám khing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiam⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰiŋ³³/

Verb

減輕

1. to lighten; to ease; to alleviate; to lessen; to relieve; to mitigate; to extenuate

   減輕制裁／减轻制裁  ―  jiǎnqīng zhìcái  ―  to ease sanctions

Synonyms

• 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)
• 減少／减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
• 減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
• 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)