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jiǎn

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jiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎn | jian3
English translation
to lower
to decrease
to reduce
to subtract
to diminish
to decrease, to subtract, to diminish

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About jiǎn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

jiǎn

Contains the radical

bīng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

ice

Etymology of jiǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

冫咸

Semantic compound

bīng

Phonetic compound

Xián

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using jiǎn

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接著我们 wǒmen 致力 zhìlì zhǎo chū 能够 néng gòu 减弱 jiǎn ruò 辐射 fúshè de 聚合物 jù hé wù .

Then we got involved with trying to find polymers that attenuate radiation.

de hòu 减轻 jiǎn qīng le 打击 dǎjī de 力量 lìliang .

My thick clothing deadened the blow.

医生 yīshēng gěi le 一些 yī xiē 止疼 piān 减缓 jiǎn huǎn 疼痛 téng tòng .

The doctor gave him some painkillers to ease the pain.

guì 公司 gōngsī de 报价 bào jià tài Gāo , 公司 gōngsī 要求 yāoqiú 减价 jiǎn jià 5%.

Your price is too high. We ask for reduction of 5 %.

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.

Words with jiǎn

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character jiǎn in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
减少 jiǎnshǎo to lessen減少
jiǎn to lower jiǎn
减肥 jiǎnféi to lose weight減肥
减轻 jiǎn qīng to lighten減輕
减速 jiǎn sù to reduce speed減速
减弱 jiǎn ruò to weaken減弱
削减 xuē jiǎn to cut down削減
减压 jiǎn yā to relax減壓
减缓 jiǎn huǎn to slow down減緩
减慢 jiǎn màn to slow down減慢
缩减 suō jiǎn to cut縮減
减掉 jiǎn diào to subtract減掉
减去 jiǎn qù minus減去
减价 jiǎn jià to cut prices減價
减免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)減免
减小 jiǎn xiǎo to reduce減小
减刑 jiǎn xíng to reduce penalty減刑
减退 jiǎn tuì to ebb減退
减半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half減半
减低 jiǎn dī to lower減低
减产 jiǎn chǎn to lose output減產
减税 jiǎn shuì tax cut減稅
递减 dì jiǎn gradually falling遞減
衰减 shuāi jiǎn to weaken衰減
偷工减料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào jerry-building偷工減料

jiǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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jiǎn Decomposition

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