減 (gaam2) — reduce; decrease; cut in Cantonese
gaamˊ²減简 减
Mandarin Pinyin: jian3
Meaning of 減
nounreduce; decrease; cut
nounsubtract; deduct; minus
Example Sentences with 減
正值減價，你多買幾件衣服吧。
We're right in the midst of a sale, you should buy a few more shirts.
feiˎ₄肥zaiˊ²仔yiu˗₃要zouˍ₆做doˉ¹多diˉ¹啲wanˍ₆運dungˍ₆動gaamˊ²減feiˎ₄肥。
Fat guys have to do more exercise to lose weight.
gaamˊ²減dou˗₃到jyunˎ₄原gaa˗₃價
Reduced to the original price.
caaiˎ₄財zing˗₃政bouˍ₆部soengˊ²想gaamˊ²減hoiˉ¹開zi1.支。
The Ministry of Finance wants to cut spending.
gaamˊ²減jukˍ₆慾mongˍ₆望
Reduce desire.
Words Containing 減
減速gaam2 cuk1
to slow down; to decelerate
縮減suk1 gaam2
to cut, to reduce
減噪gaam2 cou3
noise reduction
減債gaam2 zaai3
reduce debt
減數分裂gaam2 sou3 fan1 lit6
meiosis (in sexual reproduction)
減產gaam2 caan2
to lower production; a reduction in production
裁減軍備coi4 gaam2 gwan1 bei6
arms reduction
減肥可樂gaam2 fei4 ho2 lok6
Diet Coke
減低速度gaam2 dai1 cuk1 dou6
retard; decelerate
能減肥nang4 gaam2 fei4
inducing weight loss
偷工減料tau1 gung1 gaam2 liu2
jerry-build; to do shoddy work and use inferior material
減壓gaam2 aat3
reduce stress
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