"To reduce" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 减少 | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower |   |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce / to lower / to bring down | |
| 缩短 | suō duǎn | to shorten / to reduce / to curtail | |
| 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) | |
| 杀 | shā | to kill / to slay / to murder / to attack / to weaken / to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 缩 | suō | to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4] | |
| 朘 | juān | (literary) to reduce / (literary) 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 | |
