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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