减
jiǎn
to lower
to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
五减二等于三。
wǔ jiǎn èr děng yú sān。
Five minus two equals three.
医生建议他减少吃甜食。
yī shēng jiàn yì tā jiǎn shǎo chī tián shí。
The doctor advised him to reduce eating sweets.
Words with 减
递减
dì jiǎn
progressively decreasing
酌减
zhuó jiǎn
to make considered reductions
锐减
ruì jiǎn
steep decline
双减
shuāng jiǎn
(PRC) Double Reduction Policy, announced in 2021, aiming to ease pressure on K-12 students by reducing homework and banning for-profit after-school academic classes
骤减
zhòu jiǎn
to decrease rapidly; to plummet
不减当年
bù jiǎn dāng nián
(of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
光纤衰减
guāng xiān shuāi jiǎn
optical attenuation
删减
shān jiǎn
to abridge (a text)
削减
xuē jiǎn
to cut down
加减乘除
jiā jiǎn chéng chú
(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
加减号
jiā jiǎn hào
plus-minus sign (±)