去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 减少 減少 jiǎn shǎo to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower syn 降低 jiàng dī to reduce / to lower / to bring down syn 缩小 縮小 suō xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to shrink syn 减速 減速 jiǎn sù to reduce speed / to slow down syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 放慢 fàng màn to reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc) syn 缩短 縮短 suō duǎn to shorten / to reduce / to curtail syn 减压 減壓 jiǎn yā to reduce pressure / to relax 减刑 減刑 jiǎn xíng to reduce penalty / shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence 缩减 縮減 suō jiǎn to cut / to reduce syn 精简 精簡 jīng jiǎn to simplify / to reduce syn 减半 減半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half syn 减税 減稅 jiǎn shuì to reduce the tax rate 消炎 xiāo yán to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation syn 退烧 退燒 tuì shāo to reduce a fever 减小 減小 jiǎn xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to diminish syn 降压 降壓 jiàng yā to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage 减低 減低 jiǎn dī to lower / to reduce syn 尾气 尾氣 wěi qì exhaust / emissions 减免 減免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc) 紧缩 緊縮 jǐn suō (economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch syn 消肿 消腫 xiāo zhǒng to reduce swelling / detumescence / (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc) syn 磺胺 huáng àn sulfa drugs / sulfanilamide (used to reduce fever) syn 裁减 裁減 cái jiǎn to reduce / to lessen / to cut down syn 去火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM) 减员 減員 jiǎn yuán to reduce the number of personnel / to experience a reduction in the number of personnel syn 退烧药 退燒藥 tuì shāo yào antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide) 减产 減產 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 减除 減除 jiǎn chú to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes) 腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 退热 退熱 tuì rè to reduce a fever 开源节流 開源節流 kāi yuán jié liú lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) / to increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure syn 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) 精减 精減 jīng jiǎn to reduce / to pare down / to streamline syn 矮化 ǎi huà (plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay 杀 殺 shā to kill / to slay / to murder / to attack / to weaken / to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely syn 掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn 约 約 yuē to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise syn 减 減 jiǎn to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish syn 消 xiāo to diminish / to subside / to consume / to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need / to require / to take syn 缩 縮 suō to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4] syn 削 xuē to pare / to reduce / to remove / Taiwan pr. [xue4] syn 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 贬 貶 biǎn to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate syn 消炎片 xiāo yán piàn antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide 折半 zhé bàn to reduce by fifty percent / half-price syn 撙 zǔn to reduce or cut down on / to rein in / to restrain syn 收服 shōu fú to subdue / to force to capitulate / to reduce to submission / to soothe syn 二氧化碳排放强度 carbon dioxide emissions intensity / emissions intensity 碳排放 tàn pái fàng carbon emissions / carbon dioxide emissions 减碳 減碳 jiǎn tàn to reduce carbon emissions 碳减排 碳減排 tàn jiǎn pái to reduce carbon emissions 低尾气排放 低尾氣排放 dī wěi qì pái fàng low emissions (from car exhaust) 损害臭氧的排放物 ozone-damaging emissions 冷起动时排出的废气 cold start emissions 无节制地排放 uncontrolled emissions 国际排放额交易 international emissions trading 空气中的排放物 airborne emissions 碳排放权交易计划 碳排放權交易計劃 emissions trading scheme 国际排放交易协会 International Emissions Trading Association 欧洲联盟温室气体排放权交易计划 European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme / EU Emissions Trading Scheme 经证明的排放削减 certified emissions reduction 基线排放量 baseline emissions 排放信用 emissions credit 排放许可交易 排放許可交易 emissions trading 减少排放量联合国合作方桉 減少排放量聯合國合作方案 United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries / UN-REDD Programme 有害排放物 noxious emissions 净排放 凈排放 net emissions 零排放研究活动 零排放研究活動 Zero Emissions Research Initiative 燃烧废气 燃燒廢氣 combustion emissions 全球排放量 global emissions 关于进一步减少硫排放量的议定书 關於進一步減少硫排放量的議定書 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions 大气排放物清单 大氣排放物清單 Atmospheric Emissions Inventory 污染物排放管理区 汙染物排放管理區 pollutant emissions management area 净零 淨零 jìng líng net zero (net-zero carbon emissions) 精简开支 精簡開支 jīng jiǎn kāi zhī to reduce spending / to cut spending 朘 juān (literary) to reduce / (literary) to exploit 二氯苯胺苯乙酸钠 二氯苯胺苯乙酸鈉 èr lǜ běn àn běn yǐ suān nà diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller) / also called voltaren 扶他林 宽免 寬免 kuān miǎn to reduce payment / to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc) / to let sb off paying 扶他林 fú tā lín voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller 服他灵 服他靈 fú tā líng voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called 扶他林 减俸 減俸 jiǎn fèng to lower salary / to reduce pay 狂甩 kuáng shuǎi to fling vigorously / fig. to reduce drastically 约分 約分 yuē fēn reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths) / to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator 裁兵 cái bīng to reduce troop numbers / disarmament 防暑降温 防暑降溫 fáng shǔ jiàng wēn to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature 降低利率 jiàng dī lì lǜ to reduce interest rates 双氯芬酸钠 雙氯芬酸鈉 shuāng lǜ fēn suān nà diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called voltaren 扶他林 关于捕捞作业中减少海龟死亡的准则 Guidelines to Reduce Sea Turtle Mortality in Fishing Operations 调降 調降 tiáo jiàng (Tw) to lower (prices, interest rates etc) / to reduce / to cut 减削 減削 jiǎn xuē to reduce / to cut down 拼客 pīn kè person who joins with others to reduce costs (carpooling, group buying, sharing an apartment etc) 简省 簡省 jiǎn shěng to simplify / to reduce to essentials / economical 减租 減租 jiǎn zū to reduce rent 减贫 減貧 jiǎn pín to reduce poverty / poverty reduction 缩表 縮表 suō biǎo to reduce the balance sheet 化约 化約 huà yuē to simplistically reduce (sth) to just ... / to regard (sth) as merely ... 放血 fàng xiě (TCM) to practice bloodletting / (medicine) to perform phlebotomy / (coll.) to make sb bleed / to inflict grievous wounds / (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money / (fig.) to reduce prices drastically 