"減少" meaning in Chinese

See 減少 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /kaːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kam³¹ seu̯³¹/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /kam³¹ sau³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sio⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA, Taipei], /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɤ⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA, Kaohsiung], /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sio⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwan, variant, IPA, Taipei], /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwan, variant, IPA, Kaohsiung], /ke³³ sɔ⁴⁴/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA] Audio: Zh-jianshao.ogg [Mandarin, Bopomofo] Forms: 减少 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 減少
  1. to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise
    Sense id: en-減少-zh-verb-iC3gL5kI Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Synonyms: [in-compounds, literary], 削減 (xuējiǎn), 削减 (xuējiǎn), 壓縮 (yāsuō), 压缩 (yāsuō), (sǔn) [in-compounds, literary], (sǔn) [in-compounds, literary], (chè), 收縮 (shōusuō), 收缩 (shōusuō), 消減 (xiāojiǎn), 消减 (xiāojiǎn), 減低 (jiǎndī), 减低 (jiǎndī), 減削 (jiǎnxuè), 减削 (jiǎnxuè), 減損 (jiǎnsǔn), 减损 (jiǎnsǔn), 減縮 (jiǎnsuō), 减缩 (jiǎnsuō), 減輕 (jiǎnqīng), 减轻 (jiǎnqīng), 省卻 (shěngquè), 省却 (shěngquè), (kǎn), 緊縮 (jǐnsuō), 紧缩 (jǐnsuō), 縮減 (suōjiǎn), 缩减 (suōjiǎn), , (cái), 裁汰 (cáitài) [literary], 裁減 (cáijiǎn), 裁减 (cáijiǎn), 鐫汰 (juāntài) [literary], 镌汰 (juāntài) [literary], 降低 (jiàngdī)
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      "glosses": [
        "to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise"
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          "reduce",
          "reduce"
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        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
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          "cut",
          "cut"
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          "minimise"
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      "synonyms": [
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "削"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xuējiǎn",
          "word": "削減"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xuējiǎn",
          "word": "削减"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yāsuō",
          "word": "壓縮"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yāsuō",
          "word": "压缩"
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        {
          "roman": "sǔn",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "損"
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        {
          "roman": "sǔn",
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          ],
          "word": "损"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chè",
          "word": "撤"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shōusuō",
          "word": "收縮"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shōusuō",
          "word": "收缩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāojiǎn",
          "word": "消減"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāojiǎn",
          "word": "消减"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎndī",
          "word": "減低"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎndī",
          "word": "减低"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnxuè",
          "word": "減削"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnxuè",
          "word": "减削"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnsǔn",
          "word": "減損"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnsǔn",
          "word": "减损"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnsuō",
          "word": "減縮"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnsuō",
          "word": "减缩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnqīng",
          "word": "減輕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnqīng",
          "word": "减轻"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shěngquè",
          "word": "省卻"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shěngquè",
          "word": "省却"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kǎn",
          "word": "砍"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jǐnsuō",
          "word": "緊縮"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jǐnsuō",
          "word": "紧缩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "suōjiǎn",
          "word": "縮減"
        },
        {
          "roman": "suōjiǎn",
          "word": "缩减"
        },
        {
          "word": "耗"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cái",
          "word": "裁"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cáitài",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "裁汰"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cáijiǎn",
          "word": "裁減"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cáijiǎn",
          "word": "裁减"
        },
        {
          "roman": "juāntài",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "鐫汰"
        },
        {
          "roman": "juāntài",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "镌汰"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiàngdī",
          "word": "降低"
        }
      ]
    }
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "jiǎnshǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇ"
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "gaam² siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kám-séu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam³ sau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-chió"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
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        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-siáu"
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    {
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
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        "Pinyin"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiánshǎo"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiǎnshǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien³-shao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyǎn-shǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeanshao"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjanʹšao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньшао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaam² siu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gáam síu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaam² siu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam² xiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "減小",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "减小",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "減少",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "减少",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kám-séu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam^ˋ seu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam³ seu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam³¹ seu̯³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam³ sau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam³¹ sau³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-chió"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-tsió"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiafmcioir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sio⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɤ⁴¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sio⁵⁵⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-siáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-siáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiafmsiao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵ke-sau₅"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ke^去 sau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²ke-sau₂"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke³³ sɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "roman": "jiāduō",
      "word": "加多"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiātiān",
      "word": "加添"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiānjiā",
      "word": "添加"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zēngduō",
      "word": "增多"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zēngjiā",
      "word": "增加"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zēngtiān",
      "word": "增添"
    }
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    {
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
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        "Cantonese verbs",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 少",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 減",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Elementary Mandarin",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu verbs"
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        },
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              9
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              8
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              9
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              8
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            ]
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              9
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          ],
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              8
            ]
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            ]
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              9
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            ]
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        },
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              11
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          ],
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              8
            ]
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              2
            ]
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        },
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              3,
              11
            ]
          ],
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              8
            ]
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              2
            ]
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            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
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        },
        {
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              9
            ]
          ],
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              8
            ]
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            ]
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          "roman": "jiǎnshǎo shíliàng",
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            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
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        },
        {
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              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
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              8
            ]
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              2
            ]
          ],
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        },
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              9
            ]
          ],
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              0,
              8
            ]
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              0,
              2
            ]
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            "MSC"
          ],
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          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
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        },
        {
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              9
            ]
          ],
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              8
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              2
            ]
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            "MSC"
          ],
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            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
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              8
            ]
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              2
            ]
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          ],
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            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
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              8
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              2
            ]
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          ],
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            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
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          "decrease"
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          "cut"
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          "minimise"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiǎnshǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-jianshao.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/Zh-jianshao.ogg/Zh-jianshao.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaam² siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kám-séu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam³ sau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-chió"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-siáu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵ke-sau₅"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiǎnshǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiánshǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiǎnshǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chien³-shao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyǎn-shǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jeanshao"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czjanʹšao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзяньшао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaam² siu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gáam síu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaam² siu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam² xiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "減小",
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        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "减小",
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "減少",
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        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "减少",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kám-séu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam^ˋ seu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam³ seu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam³¹ seu̯³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam³ sau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kam³¹ sau³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-chió"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-tsió"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiafmcioir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sio⁵³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɤ⁴¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sio⁵⁵⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-siáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiám-siáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kiafmsiao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵ke-sau₅"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ke^去 sau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²ke-sau₂"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke³³ sɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "削"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuējiǎn",
      "word": "削減"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuējiǎn",
      "word": "削减"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāsuō",
      "word": "壓縮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāsuō",
      "word": "压缩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǔn",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "損"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǔn",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "损"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chè",
      "word": "撤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shōusuō",
      "word": "收縮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shōusuō",
      "word": "收缩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāojiǎn",
      "word": "消減"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāojiǎn",
      "word": "消减"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎndī",
      "word": "減低"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎndī",
      "word": "减低"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnxuè",
      "word": "減削"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnxuè",
      "word": "减削"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnsǔn",
      "word": "減損"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnsǔn",
      "word": "减损"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnsuō",
      "word": "減縮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnsuō",
      "word": "减缩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnqīng",
      "word": "減輕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnqīng",
      "word": "减轻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shěngquè",
      "word": "省卻"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shěngquè",
      "word": "省却"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǎn",
      "word": "砍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jǐnsuō",
      "word": "緊縮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jǐnsuō",
      "word": "紧缩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suōjiǎn",
      "word": "縮減"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suōjiǎn",
      "word": "缩减"
    },
    {
      "word": "耗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cái",
      "word": "裁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáitài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "裁汰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáijiǎn",
      "word": "裁減"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cáijiǎn",
      "word": "裁减"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juāntài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "鐫汰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juāntài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "镌汰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiàngdī",
      "word": "降低"
    }
  ],
  "word": "減少"
}

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