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减少 jiǎnshǎo

减少 jiǎnshǎo Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 减少 jiǎnshǎo .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎnshǎo | jian3 shao3
English translation
to lessen
to decrease
to reduce
to lower

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Traditional form

減少

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 减少 jiǎnshǎo

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 减少 jiǎnshǎo .

jiǎn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. bīng represents the meaning and Xián represents the sound. Simplified form of jiǎn .

Phonetic compound

Xián

Semantic compound

bīng

Positional decomposition

冫咸

Number of Strokes

11
shǎo

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of four small dots, representing grains of sand or rice, to convey the meaning "less". Similar to xiǎo .

Positional decomposition

小丿

Number of Strokes

4

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变形 biàn xíng shù zài pvp Zhōng ,减少 jiǎnshǎo wéi zuì duō 10 miǎo , ēn , hěn 华丽 huálì .

Polymorph duration against PvP targets has been reduced to 10 seconds.

剩下 shèng xià de 128 zhū ,种子 zhǒngzi 产量 chǎn liàng yǒu 不同 bù tóng 程度 chéngdù de 减少 jiǎnshǎo .

The remaining 128 suffered some degree of lowered seed set.

咱们 zámen zhè Duàn 减少 jiǎnshǎo dào 一半 yī bàn 字数 zì shù .

Let's reduce the passage to half the number of words.

这个 zhè ge 城市 chéngshì de 人口 rénkǒu 由于 yóuyú Hēi bìng ér 减少 jiǎnshǎo le .

The population of the city was thinned out by the black death.

缺绿 de huò 坏死 huài sǐ de 侵蚀 qīn shí bān 便 biàn shì 减少 jiǎnshǎo le 光合 guāng hé 组织 zǔzhī de 证据 zhèngjù .

Chlorotic or necrotic lesions were evidence of decreased photosynthetic tissues.

减少 jiǎnshǎo Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 减少 jiǎnshǎo and their own compounds.

减少 jiǎnshǎo Compounds

See all 86 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 减少 jiǎnshǎo in their composition.

  • jiǎn
    • shǎo
      • Shā
        • shā , shā , shā , suō , shā , , , xx , suō , shā , , , , , , , 髿,
      • shěng
        • , ,
      • liè
      • chāo
      • qiāo
        • jié , ,
      • bīn
        • bīn , pín , pīn , , , pín , bìn , bīn , bìn , bīn , , , bīn , , , , , , bìn , bìn
      • miǎo
      • suì
        • huì , wèi , huì , guì , , huì , , , , huì ,
      • miào , miǎo , chǎo , chǎo , shā , chāo , shā , miǎo , chāo , , chāo , shā , , , , , , , shā , , , , ,
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