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 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house 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 出租 chū zū to rent syn 减速 減速 jiǎn sù to reduce speed / to slow down syn 租金 zū jīn rent 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 租赁 租賃 zū lìn to rent / to lease / to hire 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 租用 zū yòng to lease / to hire / to rent (sth from sb) syn 精简 精簡 jīng jiǎn to simplify / to reduce syn 减半 減半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half syn 租借 zū jiè to rent / to lease 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 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 租房 zū fáng to rent an apartment 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 地租 dì zū land rent / land tax 楼盘 樓盤 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent) 包租 bāo zū to rent / to charter / to rent land or a house for subletting / fixed rent for farmland syn 去火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM) 招租 zhāo zū (of a house or room) to be for rent syn 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) 承租 chéng zū to rent / to lease syn 租价 租價 zū jià rent price 减产 減產 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 廉租房 lián zū fáng low-rent housing 排污费 排汙費 effluent charge / effluent fee / pollution rent / emission charge 减除 減除 jiǎn chú to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes) 寻租 尋租 xún zū rent seeking (economics) 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 租船 zū chuán to charter a ship / to take a vessel on rent 退热 退熱 tuì rè to reduce a fever 分租 fēn zū (of a landlord) to rent out one or more parts of a property / (of a tenant) to sublet one or more parts of a property / (agriculture) sharecropping 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 雇 gù to employ / to hire / to rent syn 租 zū to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax 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 开房间 開房間 kāi fáng jiān to rent a room in a hotel / (of two people who are not married to each other) to rent a room for sex 佃 diàn to rent farmland from a landlord syn 赁 賃 lìn to rent 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 租佃 zū diàn to rent out one's land (to tenant farmers) 僦 jiù (literary) to rent / to hire / to lease syn 撙 zǔn to reduce or cut down on / to rein in / to restrain syn 贳 貰 shì to borrow / to buy on credit / to rent out syn 收服 shōu fú to subdue / to force to capitulate / to reduce to submission / to soothe syn 呼朋引类 呼朋引類 hū péng yǐn lèi to call up all one's associates / rent-a-crowd 减排 減排 jiǎn pái to reduce pollutant discharge / to reduce emissions 房子租 fáng zi zū house rent 合租 hé zū to rent jointly with other people / co-renting 地租收入 dì zū shōu rù rent income (esp. from arable land) 押租 yā zū rent deposit 栈租 棧租 zhàn zū warehouse rent / cost of storage 租债 租債 zū zhài rent and debt 租地 zū dì to rent land / to lease farmland 租子 zū zi rent (payment) 租让 租讓 zū ràng to lease out / to rent (one's property out to sb else) 租钱 租錢 zū qian rent / same as 租金 月租 yuè zū to rent by the month 排污税 排汙稅 effluent charge / effluent fee / pollution rent / emission charge 租金回收 zū jīn huí shōu rent capture 污染权利转让 汙染權利轉讓 pollution rent 净租金 凈租金 net rent 拼房 pīn fáng to rent a place with sb else to share the costs 竞租 競租 jìng zū rent-seeking (economics) 陪睡 péi shuì to trade sex for favorable treatment (career advancement, higher grades, rent-free accommodation etc) / to sleep in the same bed as one's child 收租 shōu zū to collect rent 日租 rì zū to rent by the day 时租 時租 shí zū to rent by the hour 群租 qún zū to rent to multiple co-tenants, esp. where the number of tenants exceeds what the dwelling is fit to accommodate (i.e. involving subdivision of rooms etc) 周租 週租 zhōu zū to rent by the week 