giảm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "giam"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 減 (“to decrease; to subtract”). This word only means "to decrease" in Vietnamese. For "to substract", use trừ instead.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːm˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːm˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jaːm˨˩˦]

Verb

giảm

1. to decrease

   Số người tham gia giảm.

   Attendance decreased.

   Chúng tôi buộc phải giảm số người tham gia.

   We had to decrease our attendance.

Usage notes

Syntactically similar to English decrease in terms of transitivity. A number or amount can giảm (“decrease”) by itself, or be decreased by something or someone.

Antonyms

• tăng

Derived terms

• thuyên giảm, giảm bớt