| 減 | 1012B00 63A.71-7 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄐㄧㄢˇ [jian3] | ||
| V.t. | Take away, deduct: 減法 [jian3fa3]↓; 減去 subtract; 加減 add and subtract; 減少 [jian3shao3]↓; 增減 increase or decrease; 減價 slash prices; 減輕 [jian3qing1]↓; 減等 downgrade; 減俸 reduce salary (as a form of punishment); 減薪 cut down salary scale; 減刑 commute a sentence; 減衣縮食 practise austerity, be more economical; 減肥 reduce one's weight; 丰 (風) 采不減當年 (of person) as goodlooking as ever; 減半 reduce by one half; 減罪 extenuate an offense or crime; 縮減 to cut (expenses, funds); 裁減 to cut (personnel, funds); 削減 ditto; 減色 [jian3se4]↓; 減損 to waste, destroy. | |||||
| Words | 1. 減筆字 [jian2bi3zi4], n., characters written in a simplified form. 2. 減輕 [jian3qing1], v.i. & t., become or make lighter, (fig.) extenuate, mitigate, lighten (burden, responsibility). 3. 減法 [jian2fa3], n., subtraction. 4. 減號 [jian3hao4], n., the minus sign(-). 5. 減色 [jian3se4], v.i., lose color by fading, deteriorate, become less attractive. 6. 減少 [jian2shao3], v.t., take away from a quantity (amount), make less. 7. 減省 [jian2](')[sheng3], adj. & v.i. & t., (be) economical, economize. 8. 減刑 [jian3xing2], n. & v.i., commute sentence. 9. 減數 [jian3shu4], v.t., (math.) reduce the number of; n., a subtraction. 10. 減速火箭 [jian3su4huo3jian4], n,. (astron.) retro-rocket. | |||||