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减少
jiánshǎo
(after tone sandhi)
Main
English Definitionto lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
Simplified Script减少
Traditional Script減少
Pinyinjiǎnshǎo
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		jiánshǎo
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)gaam2siu2
Part of Speech(动) verb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=4 TOCFL=5
Word Decomposition
减jiǎnto lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
少shǎofew; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing something); seldom

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
减轻jiǎnqīngto lighten; to ease; to alleviate
减肥jiǎnféito lose weight
减弱jiǎnruòto weaken; to fall off
减免jiǎnmiǎnto reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
减小jiǎnxiǎoto reduce; to decrease; to diminish
Words With Same Tail Word    
多少duōshǎonumber; amount; somewhat
不少bùshǎomany; a lot; not few
至少zhìshǎoat least; (to say the) least
多多少少duōduō shǎoshǎoto some extent; more or less
缺少quēshǎolack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
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