消減

消減

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
trad. (消減)		消	減
simp. (消减)		消	减

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāojiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāojiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaujean
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaojiǎn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

消減

1. to ebb; to go down; to decline; to abate
2. to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise

Synonyms

• (to ebb):

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減退／减退 (jiǎntuì) 衰弱 (shuāiruò)

衰退 (shuāituì)

• (to reduce):

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Synonyms of 消減

削減／削减 (xuējiǎn) 壓縮／压缩 (yāsuō) 損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds) 收縮／收缩 (shōusuō) 減低／减低 (jiǎndī) 減少／减少 (jiǎnshǎo) 減輕／减轻 (jiǎnqīng) 砍 (kǎn)

緊縮／紧缩 (jǐnsuō) 縮減／缩减 (suōjiǎn) 裁 (cái) 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary) 裁減／裁减 (cáijiǎn) 鐫汰／镌汰 (juāntài) (literary) 降低 (jiàngdī)