慢慢 màn màn slowly / gradually syn 下降 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease syn 减少 減少 jiǎn shǎo to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower syn 逐渐 逐漸 zhú jiàn gradually syn 缩小 縮小 suō xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to shrink syn 渐渐 漸漸 jiàn jiàn gradually syn 繁衍 fán yǎn to multiply / to reproduce / to increase gradually in number or quantity syn 消退 xiāo tuì to wane / to vanish gradually syn 淡忘 dàn wàng to gradually forget as time passes / to have (sth) fade from one's memory syn 冉冉 rǎn rǎn gradually / slowly / (of branches or hair) softly drooping syn 消炎 xiāo yán to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation syn 减小 減小 jiǎn xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to diminish syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 递减 遞減 dì jiǎn progressively decreasing / gradually falling / in descending order 隐没 隱沒 yǐn mò to vanish gradually / to disappear / to fade out syn 缓步 緩步 huǎn bù to walk slowly / to amble along / gradually / slowly syn 小幅 xiǎo fú by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small syn 步步为营 步步為營 bù bù wéi yíng to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step / to consolidate at every step syn 增减 增減 zēng jiǎn to add or subtract / to increase or decrease / to go up or go down 浸染 jìn rǎn to be contaminated / to be gradually influenced syn 损益 損益 sǔn yì profit and loss / increase and decrease syn 渐趋 漸趨 jiàn qū to become more and more / to gradually become 渐近 漸近 jiàn jìn to approach gradually 渐次 漸次 jiàn cì gradually / one by one syn 消长 消長 xiāo zhǎng to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow 降火 jiàng huǒ to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine) 逐次 zhú cì gradually / one after another / little by little 减损 減損 jiǎn sǔn to impair / to degrade / to decrease / to reduce / to weaken / to detract from / impairment (e.g. of financial assets) 渐弱 漸弱 jiàn ruò to fade out / gradually weakening / diminuendo / decrescendo 减 減 jiǎn to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish syn 驯 馴 xùn to attain gradually / to tame / Taiwan pr. [xun2] syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 浸 jìn to immerse / to soak / to steep / gradually syn 渐 漸 jiàn gradual / gradually syn 酿 釀 niàng to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method) syn 一来二去 一來二去 yī lái èr qù gradually / little by little / in the course of time syn 一点一点 一點一點 yī diǎn yī diǎn little by little / bit by bit / gradually 升堂入室 shēng táng rù shì lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom) / fig. to gradually attain proficiency / to attain a higher level syn 渐行渐远 漸行漸遠 jiàn xíng jiàn yuǎn gradually proceed, gradually get further apart 平减 平減 píng jiǎn to deflate / to decrease (number, esp. price) 减计 減計 jiǎn jì to write down (i.e. to decrease the expected value of a loan) 臭氧减少 ozone decrease 费用减少 費用減少 cost decrease 瞬时死亡率 瞬時死亡率 instantaneous rate of mortality / coefficient of decrease 减少系数 減少系數 instantaneous rate of mortality / coefficient of decrease 数量减少 數量減少 volume decrease 退坡 tuì pō (intransitive) to weaken / to decrease / (of a subsidy etc) to be rolled back syn 骤减 驟減 zhòu jiǎn to decrease rapidly / to plummet syn 积渐 積漸 jī jiàn gradually 逐渐增加 逐漸增加 zhú jiàn zēng jiā to increase gradually / to build up 逐渐废弃 逐漸廢棄 zhú jiàn fèi qì to abandon gradually 逐渐衰落 逐漸衰落 zhú jiàn shuāi luò to decline gradually 垂垂 chuí chuí gradually / to drop 渐快 漸快 jiàn kuài to speed up gradually / faster and faster / (music) accelerando 渐慢 漸慢 jiàn màn to slow down gradually / slower and slower / (music) decelerando / ritardando 渐稀 漸稀 jiàn xī to thin out gradually / to become fainter and fainter 