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减少

jiǎnshǎo

Traditional: 減少

to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

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Meaning of 减少 in English

jiǎnshǎoHSK 4verbSyllabus #1351
  1. to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

Example sentences

  1. 他想要减少进口品的税。
    tā xiǎng yào jiǎn shǎo jìn kǒu pǐn de shuì。
    He wanted to reduce the tax on imports.
    Tatoeba #8690265 by crescat · #803266 by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我这个月要减少开支。
    wǒ zhè ge yuè yào jiǎn shǎo kāi zhī。
    I have to reduce my expenses this month.
    Tatoeba #351246 by fucongcong · #257503 by sysko · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 米的产量减少了。
    mǐ de chǎn liàng jiǎn shǎo le。
    Production of rice has decreased.
    Tatoeba #407294 by fucongcong · #320198 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

减 on its own →
jiǎn · to lower

HSK words with 减

减HSK 4减轻HSK 4减肥HSK 5减弱HSK 6减压HSK 6减负HSK 7–9减免HSK 7–9减退HSK 7–9衰减HSK 7–9缩减HSK 7–9
少 on its own →
shǎo · few

HSK words with 少

少HSK 1多少HSK 1缺少HSK 4少见HSK 4少量HSK 4少数HSK 4少年HSK 4至少HSK 4少儿HSK 6少女HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences