"To diminish" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 减小 | jiǎn xiǎo | to reduce / to decrease / to diminish |   |
| 减弱 | jiǎn ruò | to weaken / to diminish | |
| 消沉 | xiāo chén | to sink into despondency / (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish / to plummet | |
| 消 |  xiāo | to diminish / to subside / to consume / to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need / to require / to take | |
| 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 | |
| 贬 | biǎn | to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate | |
