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 惩罚 懲罰 chéng fá penalty / punishment / to punish syn 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment 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 罚款 罰款 fá kuǎn to fine / penalty / fine (monetary) 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 缩减 縮減 suō jiǎn to cut / to reduce syn 罚球 罰球 fá qiú penalty shot / penalty kick (in sports) 刑罚 刑罰 xíng fá sentence / penalty / punishment 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 点球 點球 diǎn qiú penalty kick 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 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) 极刑 極刑 jí xíng supreme penalty / execution syn 违约金 違約金 wéi yuē jīn penalty (fee) 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) 主罚 主罰 zhǔ fá penalty (kick) 并处 並處 bìng chǔ to impose an additional penalty 扣分 kòu fēn to deduct marks (when grading school work) / to have marks deducted / penalty points / to lose points for a penalty or error 减产 減產 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 执行死刑 執行死刑 zhí xíng sǐ xíng to carry out the death penalty 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 罚则 罰則 fá zé penal provision / penalty 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 熔断 熔斷 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) syn 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 刑 xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment 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 燃料经济性的缺陷 燃料經濟性的缺陷 fuel penalty / fuel economy penalty 减排 減排 jiǎn pái to reduce pollutant discharge / to reduce emissions 功率恶化 功率惡化 gōng lǜ è huà power penalty 罪刑 zuì xíng crime and punishment / penalty for a crime 联合国死刑问题特别咨询顾问 United Nations special consultant on the question of the death penalty 废除死刑问题斯德哥尔摩会议 Stockholm Conference on the Abolition of the Death Penalty 贱民罚款 jiàn mín fá kuǎn pariah penalty 开垦沼泽罚金 kāi kěn zhǎo zé fá jīn swampbuster penalty 暂停使用死刑 zàn tíng shǐ yòng sǐ xíng moratorium on the use of the death penalty 美洲人权公约关于废除死刑的议定书 美洲人權公約關於廢除死刑的議定書 Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty 违约赔偿金和罚款条款统一规则 違約賠償金和罰款條款統一規則 Uniform Rules on Liquidated Damages and Penalty Clauses 实施保护死刑犯权利的保障措施 實施保護死刑犯權利的保障措施 Implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty 保护死刑犯权利的保障措施 保護死刑犯權利的保障措施 Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty 十二码 十二碼 shí èr mǎ 12-yard (sports) / penalty kick 钻桌子 鑽桌子 zuān zhuō zi to crawl under a table (e.g. as a penalty for losing in a card game) 判罚 判罰 pàn fá to penalize / penalty 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 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 减碳 減碳 jiǎn tàn to reduce carbon emissions 狂甩 kuáng shuǎi to fling vigorously / fig. to reduce drastically 碳减排 碳減排 tàn jiǎn pái to reduce carbon emissions 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 