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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• 减产(減產) to cut production
• 减省(減省) to reduce ; to economize
• 递减(遞減) to progressively decrease; to gradually fall
• 减值(減值) to decrement; to decrease in value
• 裁减军备(裁減軍備) arms reduction
• 减压病(減壓病) decompression sickness; the bends
• 减价(減價) to cut prices; to discount ; to diminish reputation
• 减震(減震) shock absorption; damping
• 减幅(減幅) amount of reduction; size of discount
• 减号(減號) a minus sign
• 减小(減小) to reduce; to decrease; to diminish
• 减摇鳍(減搖鰭) fin stabilizer (in ships); anti-roll stabilizer
• 减让(減讓) to make an allowance
• 减薪(減薪) to cut wages
• 减震器(減震器) shock-absorber
• 酌减(酌減) to make considered reductions; discretionary reduction
• 缩减(縮減) to reduce
• 减笔(減筆) abbreviated writing
• 精减(精減) to reduce; to pare down; to streamline
• 减省费用(減省費用) to reduce costs
• 抵减(抵減) to claim a credit against; tax reduction
• 削减(削減) to cut down
• 减振(減振) shock absorption; vibration dampening
• 偷工减料(偷工減料) to skimp on the job and stint on materials
• 减除(減除) to reduce; to lessen (pain etc); to deduct (from taxes)
• 渐减(漸減) gradually diminishing
• 减色(減色) to fade; to lose luster; (of an event etc) to be spoiled; (coinage) to become debased
• 减噪(減噪) noise reduction
• 减租(減租) to reduce rent
• 减毒活疫苗(減毒活疫苗) attenuated live vaccine
• 减计(減計) to write down (i.e. to decrease the expected value of a loan)
• 删减(刪減) to delete; to censor out
• 减慢(減慢) to slow down
• 减压表(減壓表) decompression table
• 减政主义(減政主義) policy of reducing government officials
• 减去(減去) reduce; to diminish
• 加减乘除(加減乘除) four rules of arithmetic; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
• 觉察减压(覺察減壓) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
• 减压(減壓) to reduce pressure; to relax
• 减退(減退) to ebb; to go down; to decline
• 减缓(減緩) to slow down; to retard
• 减削(減削) to reduce; to cut down
• 加减号(加減號) plus-minus sign (±); plus and minus signs (+ and -)
• 减数分裂(減數分裂) meiosis (in sexual reproduction)
• 减料(減料) to reduce the quantity
• 减排(減排) to reduce emissions
• 减轻(減輕) to lighten; to ease
• 减碳(減碳) to reduce carbon emissions
• 减息(減息) to lower the interest rate
• 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)

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• 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
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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
• 减溜 (減溜) 減溜大成 — Guanzi 管子, 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He — count: 3
• 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
• 减乐府 (減樂府) 減樂府員 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九 元帝紀 Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan — 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
• 减一 (減一) 減一穀 — Guanzi 管子, 揆度第七十八 Chapter 78: Examining Standards — count: 3