减 少 jiǎn shǎo to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower 降 低 jiàng dī to reduce / to lower / to bring down 精 简 jīng jiǎn to simplify / to reduce 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) 掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) 削 xuē to pare / to reduce / to remove / Taiwan pr. [xue4] 缩 小 suō xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to shrink 减 小 jiǎn xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to diminish 削 减 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower 紧 缩 jǐn suō (economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch 减 低 jiǎn dī to lower / to reduce 缩 减 suō jiǎn to cut / to reduce 裁 减 cái jiǎn to reduce / to lessen / to cut down 减 除 jiǎn chú to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes) 减 损 jiǎn sǔn to impair / to degrade / to decrease / to reduce / to weaken / to detract from / impairment (e.g. of financial assets) 精 减 jīng jiǎn to reduce / to pare down / to streamline 约 yuē to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise 减 jiǎn to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment 缩 suō to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4] 脧 juān fleece / extort / reduce 朘 juān to reduce / to exploit 调 降 tiáo jiàng (Tw) to lower (prices, interest rates etc) / to reduce / to cut 减 削 jiǎn xuē to reduce / to cut down 减 免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc) 减 速 jiǎn sù to reduce speed / to slow down / to take it easy 放 慢 fàng màn to reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc) 消 炎 xiāo yán to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation 减 压 jiǎn yā to reduce pressure / to relax 减 产 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 减 半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half 降 压 jiàng yā to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage 消 肿 xiāo zhǒng to reduce swelling / detumescence / (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc) 减 刑 jiǎn xíng to reduce penalty / shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence 退 烧 tuì shāo to reduce fever 磺 胺 huáng àn sulfa drugs / sulfanilamide (used to reduce fever) 腰 斩 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 退 热 tuì rè to reduce fever 开 源 节 流 kāi yuán jié liú lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) / to increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure 去 火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM) 退 烧 药 tuì shāo yào antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide) 消 炎 片 xiāo yán piàn antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide 杀 shā to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely 折 半 zhé bàn to reduce by fifty percent / half-price 贬 biǎn to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate 撙 zǔn to reduce or cut down on / to rein in / to restrain 收 服 shōu fú to subdue / to force to capitulate / to reduce to submission / to soothe 精 简 开 支 jīng jiǎn kāi zhī to reduce spending / to cut spending 二 氯 苯 胺 苯 乙 酸 钠 èr lu:4 běn àn běn yǐ suān nà diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller) / also called voltaren 扶他林 宽 免 kuān miǎn to reduce payment / to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc) / to let sb off paying 扶 他 林 fú tā lín voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller 服 他 灵 fú tā líng voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called 扶他林 减 俸 jiǎn fèng to lower salary / to reduce pay 减 排 jiǎn pái to reduce emissions 减 碳 jiǎn tàn to reduce carbon emissions 狂 甩 kuáng shuǎi to fling vigorously / fig. to reduce drastically 碳 减 排 tàn jiǎn pái to reduce carbon emissions 约 分 yuē fēn reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths) / to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator 裁 兵 cái bīng to reduce troop numbers / disarmament 防 暑 降 温 fáng shǔ jiàng wēn to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature 降 低 利 率 jiàng dī lì lu:4 to reduce interest rates 双 氯 芬 酸 钠 shuāng lu:4 fēn suān nà diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called voltaren 扶他林 关 于 捕 捞 作 业 中 减 少 海 龟 死 亡 的 准 则 Guidelines to Reduce Sea Turtle Mortality in Fishing Operations 拼 客 pīn kè person who joins with others to reduce costs (carpooling, group buying, sharing an apartment etc) 简 省 jiǎn shěng to simplify / to reduce to essentials / economical 减 租 jiǎn zū to reduce rent 减 贫 jiǎn pín to reduce poverty / poverty reduction 缩 表 suō biǎo to reduce the balance sheet