縮減

Chinese

		to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce	to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
trad. (縮減)		縮	減
simp. (缩减)		缩	减
anagram		減縮／减缩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suōjiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ gaam²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sok-kám
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sok-kiám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sog⁴ giam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suōjiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suojiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: so¹-chien³
    • Yale: swō-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suojean
    • Palladius: соцзянь (soczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ gaam²
    • Yale: sūk gáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ gaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ gam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ kaːm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sok-kám
    • Hakka Romanization System: sog^ˋ gam^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sog⁵ gam³
    • Sinological IPA: /sok̚² kam³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-kiám
    • Tâi-lô: sok-kiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokkiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kiam⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sog⁴ giam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sok kiám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sok̚²⁻⁴ kiam⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

縮減

1. to keep down (costs); to reduce (expenses); to cut

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)
• 耗
• 裁 (cái)
• 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
• 裁減／裁减 (cáijiǎn)
• 鐫汰／镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
• 降低 (jiàngdī)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縮	減
しゅく Grade: 6	げん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨkɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

縮(しゅく)減(げん) • (shukugen) 

1. reduction