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 压力 壓力 yā lì pressure syn 减少 減少 jiǎn shǎo to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower syn 血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure 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 施加 shī jiā to exert (effort or pressure) syn 施压 施壓 shī yā to pressure 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 气压 氣壓 qì yā atmospheric pressure / barometric pressure syn 高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 缩短 縮短 suō duǎn to shorten / to reduce / to curtail syn 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 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 高血压 高血壓 gāo xuè yā high blood pressure / hypertension 加压 加壓 jiā yā to pressurize / to pile on pressure 液压 液壓 yè yā hydraulic pressure syn 精简 精簡 jīng jiǎn to simplify / to reduce syn 减半 減半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half syn 水压 水壓 shuǐ yā water pressure 减税 減稅 jiǎn shuì to reduce the tax rate 消炎 xiāo yán to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation syn 迫于 迫於 pò yú constrained / restricted / forced to / under pressure to do sth syn 外力 wài lì external force / pressure from outside 退烧 退燒 tuì shāo to reduce a fever 减小 減小 jiǎn xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to diminish syn 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 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) 减员 減員 jiǎn yuán to reduce the number of personnel / to experience a reduction in the number of personnel syn 大气压 大氣壓 dà qì yā atmospheric pressure 钉子户 釘子戶 dīng zi hù householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers 强弱 強弱 qiáng ruò strong or weak / intensity / amount of force or pressure 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 低血压 低血壓 dī xuè yā low blood pressure 退烧药 退燒藥 tuì shāo yào antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide) 催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn 压强 壓強 yā qiáng pressure (physics) 血压计 血壓計 xuè yā jì blood pressure meter / sphygmomanometer 压力计 壓力計 yā lì jì pressure gauge / manometer / piezometer 高压锅 高壓鍋 gāo yā guō pressure cooker syn 点穴 點穴 diǎn xué to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4] 眼压 眼壓 yǎn yā intraocular pressure syn 渗透压 滲透壓 shèn tòu yā osmotic pressure syn 压力锅 壓力鍋 yā lì guō pressure cooker syn 稳压 穩壓 wěn yā stabilized voltage / regulated voltage / steady pressure / regulated pressure 减产 減產 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 压力容器 壓力容器 yā lì róng qì pressure vessel / autoclave 负压 負壓 fù yā suction / negative pressure 抗压 抗壓 kàng yā to resist pressure or stress / pressure-resistant 减除 減除 jiǎn chú to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes) 压力传感器 壓力傳感器 yā lì zhuàn gǎn qì pressure transducer 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 升压 升壓 shēng yā to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage 退热 退熱 tuì rè to reduce a fever 硬逼 yìng bī to pressure / to press / to force / to compel / to push / to coerce / to urge / to impel / to bully into / to be compelled 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 高压清洗机 高壓清洗機 gāo yā qīng xǐ jī high pressure washer 低气压 低氣壓 dī qì yā low pressure / depression (meteorology) 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 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 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 舒张压 舒張壓 shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure 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 压 壓 yā to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure syn 巴 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail 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 挤牙膏 擠牙膏 jǐ yá gāo lit. to squeeze out toothpaste / fig. to extract a confession under pressure 消炎片 xiāo yán piàn antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide 心得安 xīn dé ān propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure) 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 压盘 壓盤 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 传压板 傳壓板 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 减排 減排 jiǎn pái to reduce pollutant discharge / to reduce emissions 巨大压力 巨大壓力 jù dà yā lì enormous pressure / tremendous pressure 中压管 中壓管 zhōng yā guǎn medium pressure tube / middle pressure hose (diving) 等压 等壓 děng yā constant pressure / equal pressure 压发雷 pressure-fused mine / pressure mine 反应堆测压管 nuclear reactor pressure tube / pressure tube 精简开支 精簡開支 jīng jiǎn kāi zhī to reduce spending / to cut spending 