减 (減) jiǎn

1. jiǎn verb to deduct; to subtract
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: As in 减少 (Guoyu '減' v 1; Kroll 2015 '減' 1, p. 197; NCCED '減' 1; Unihan '減')
2. jiǎn verb to reduce
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: As in 降低 (Guoyu '減' v 2; Kroll 2015 '減' 1, p. 197; Mathews 1931 '減', p. 113; NCCED '減' 2)
3. jiǎn verb to be less than; to be not as good as
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不及 or 不如 (Guoyu '減' v 3; Kroll 2015 '減' 1a, p. 197)
4. jiǎn verb to mitigate; to relieve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '減' 2, p. 197)
5. jiǎn verb to contribute; to donate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '減' 2a, p. 197)
6. jiǎn adverb approximately; nearly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '減' 3, p. 197)
7. jiǎn noun subtraction
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
   Notes: In the sense of 减法 (Guoyu '減' n 1)
8. jiǎn proper noun Jian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '減' n 1)

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• 减痛(減痛) to reduce pain
• 减租(減租) to reduce rent
• 减产(減產) to cut production
• 递减(遞減) to progressively decrease; to gradually fall
• 减退(減退) to ebb; to go down; to decline
• 减速(減速) to reduce speed; to slow down; to take it easy
• 减压症(減壓症) decompression sickness; the bends
• 减税(減稅) to cut tax
• 减数分裂(減數分裂) meiosis (in sexual reproduction)
• 减压表(減壓表) decompression table
• 减掉(減掉) to subtract; to lose (weight)
• 减量(減量) to decrease the amount
• 减妆(減妝) makeup box
• 减笔(減筆) abbreviated writing
• 减轻(減輕) to lighten; to ease
• 减政主义(減政主義) policy of reducing government officials
• 减压程序(減壓程序) decompression schedule
• 减负(減負) to alleviate a burden on
• 减免(減免) to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
• 加减乘除(加減乘除) four rules of arithmetic; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
• 抵减(抵減) to claim a credit against; tax reduction
• 不减当年(不減當年) (of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit; to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever
• 减法(減法) subtraction
• 裁减(裁減) to reduce; to lessen; to cut down
• 减速器(減速器) moderator; reducer (mechanical gearbox)
• 减震器(減震器) shock-absorber
• 减压病(減壓病) decompression sickness; the bends
• 减省费用(減省費用) to reduce costs
• 减排(減排) to reduce emissions
• 减俸(減俸) to reduce pay
• 减计(減計) to write down (i.e. to decrease the expected value of a loan)
• 减损(減損) to impair; to degrade; to decrease; to reduce; to weaken; to detract from
• 减缓(減緩) to slow down; to retard
• 裁减军备(裁減軍備) arms reduction
• 减压时间表(減壓時間表) decompression schedule (diving)
• 减削(減削) to reduce; to cut down
• 减摇鳍(減搖鰭) fin stabilizer (in ships); anti-roll stabilizer
• 发热伴血小板减少综合征(發熱伴血小板減少綜合徵) severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
• 减震(減震) shock absorption; damping
• 缩减(縮減) to reduce
• 减压(減壓) to reduce pressure; to relax
• 减罪(減罪) reduce the severity of a crime
• 碳减排(碳減排) to reduce carbon emissions
• 平减(平減) to deflate; to decrease (number, especially price)
• 有增无减(有增無減) to increase without pause; to get worse and worse
• 减核(減核) nuclear weapons reduction (Abbreviation of 裁减核武器); disarmament
• 折减(折減) to reduce the price
• 减毒活疫苗(減毒活疫苗) attenuated live vaccine
• 减碳(減碳) to reduce carbon emissions
• 酌减(酌減) to make considered reductions; discretionary reduction

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• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 192
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 146
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 146
• 卷六十九 志第二十二 律曆二 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Measures and Calendar 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 145
• 卷三十七 志第十三 曆七 Volume 37 Treatises 13: Calendar 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 144
• 卷二十二　志第三:　曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 132
• 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 131
• 卷三十二 志第十二: 曆一 Volume 32 Treatises 12: Calendar 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 115
• 卷二十六　　　　志第十六　　　曆二 Volume 26 Treatises 17: Calendar 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 114
• 卷五十五　志第七:　　曆四 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Calendar 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 108

Collocations

• 减死 (減死) 令死罪人贖錢五十萬減死一等 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六 武帝紀 Volume 6: Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 11
• 减宣 (減宣) 減宣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 8
• 率减 (率減) 師大率減什三 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《衛將軍驃騎列傳》 Biography of Cavalry General Wei — count: 6
• 礼减 (禮減) 禮減而進 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 4
• 减食 (減食) 減食而死 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難一第三十六 Chapter 36: Difficulties I — count: 4
• 减天下 (減天下) 其減天下鹽賈 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八 宣帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xuan — count: 3
• 减溜 (減溜) 減溜大成 — Guanzi 管子, 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He — count: 3
• 减一 (減一) 減一穀 — Guanzi 管子, 揆度第七十八 Chapter 78: Examining Standards — count: 3
• 减陇西 (減隴西) 減隴西 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《衛將軍驃騎列傳》 Biography of Cavalry General Wei — count: 3
• 万减 (萬減) 令死罪人贖錢五十萬減死一等 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六 武帝紀 Volume 6: Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 2