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 付款 fù kuǎn to pay a sum of money / payment syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 收银 收銀 shōu yín to receive payment 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 定金 dìng jīn down payment / advance payment 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 押金 yā jīn deposit / down payment 出纳 出納 chū nà cashier / to receive and hand over payment / to lend and borrow books syn 分期付款 fēn qī fù kuǎn to pay in installments / payment in installments 预支 預支 yù zhī to pay in advance / to get payment in advance 抚恤金 撫恤金 fǔ xù jīn compensation payment (for injury) / relief payment syn 精简 精簡 jīng jiǎn to simplify / to reduce syn 理赔 理賠 lǐ péi to settle a claim / claims settlement / payment of claims syn 减半 減半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half syn 抚养费 撫養費 fǔ yǎng fèi child support payment (after a divorce) 减税 減稅 jiǎn shuì to reduce the tax rate 订金 訂金 dìng jīn an initial payment / earnest money / deposit 消炎 xiāo yán to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation syn 赔付 賠付 péi fù to pay out / to compensate / (insurance) payment syn 交会 交會 jiāo huì to encounter / to rendezvous / to converge / to meet (a payment) 退烧 退燒 tuì shāo to reduce a fever 减小 減小 jiǎn xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to diminish syn 红包 紅包 hóng bāo money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe 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 减免 減免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc) 收款 shōu kuǎn to receive payment / to collect money syn 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) 拒付 jù fù to refuse to accept a payment / to refuse to pay / to stop (a check or payment) 减员 減員 jiǎn yuán to reduce the number of personnel / to experience a reduction in the number of personnel syn 追索 zhuī suǒ to demand payment / to extort / to trace / to seek / to pursue / to explore syn 退烧药 退燒藥 tuì shāo yào antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide) 货款 貨款 huò kuǎn payment for goods 给付 給付 jǐ fù to pay / payment syn 缴付 繳付 jiǎo fù to pay / to hand over (tax payment etc) syn 逼债 逼債 bī zhài to press for payment of debts / to dun 贝宝 貝寶 bèi bǎo PayPal (Internet payment and money transfer company) 付息 interest payment 承兑 承兌 chéng duì (commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment) / to honor (a check, a promise) 催逼 cuī bī to press (for a payment) syn 包月 bāo yuè to make monthly payments / monthly payment 要钱 要錢 yào qián to charge / to demand payment 支付宝 支付寶 zhī fù bǎo Alipay, online payment platform 首付 shǒu fù down payment 足额 足額 zú é sufficient / full (payment) 减产 減產 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 追讨 追討 zhuī tǎo to demand payment of money owing 戏份 戲份 xì fèn scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment 转移支付 轉移支付 zhuǎn yí zhī fù transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return) 首付款 shǒu fù kuǎn down payment 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 抚慰金 撫慰金 fǔ wèi jīn pension or lump-sum payment for the injured or for the family of the deceased 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 茶钱 茶錢 chá qián payment for tea / (old) tip / gratuity syn 收讫 收訖 shōu qì received in full (goods, payment) syn 赊购 賒購 shē gòu to buy on credit / to delay payment 消炎片 xiāo yán piàn antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide 追逼 zhuī bī to pursue closely / to press / to demand (payment) / to extort (a concession) syn 包干制 包乾制 bāo gān zhì a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash 折半 zhé bàn to reduce by fifty percent / half-price syn 包银 包銀 bāo yín contracted payment (esp. actors' salary in former times) 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 计时工资 計時工資 jì shí gōng zī payment by the hour / time-rate wages (opposite: piece-rate wage 計件工資|计件工资[ji4 jian4 gong1 zi1]) 减排 減排 jiǎn pái to reduce pollutant discharge / to reduce emissions 付款方式 fù kuǎn fāng shì terms of payment / payment method 讨账 討賬 tǎo zhàng to demand payment / to collect overdue payment syn 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 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 