English

1. decrease, subtract, diminish
2. to lower
3. to deduct; to subtract
4. used after a verb or an adjective, often monosyllabic, to signify incompleteness of the process regarding the object; when placed after an adjective, it precedes the suffix 啲 di1 ("a bit") which forms comparatives; when the object is a noun phrase, it must be modified with a classifier
5. to decrease
6. to reduce; to decrease; to cut
7. to fall behind or to fail to meet the expectation, though there is already a certain amount or extent
8. to reduce
9. to subtract
10. to diminish

粵語

1. 數學用語；揾出兩個數字之間嘅差
2. 通常係單音節嘅動詞、形容詞嘅後綴，指示針對對象嘅過程未完成、未做晒，仲有缺漏，離終止仲有截距離；做形容詞後綴嗰陣，置於構成比較級嘅後綴「啲」之前；若然對象係名詞詞組，必須有量詞修飾
3. 將數量、數值、份量降低
4. 達到某種數量或者程度，但係仍然不如預期，仲有落差

As a component in

• 𠽦
• 𣚘
• 𣼪
• 𣾃
• 𤁙
• 𥳒
• 𦺘
• 𬐴
• 𭒞

Variants

• 减semantic variant
• 减simplified

Words containing 減

• 減輕gaam2 heng1

  to lighten

• 減肥gaam2 fei4

  to lose weight

• 減少gaam2 siu2

  to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

• 減弱gaam2 joek6

  to weaken; to diminish

• 削減soek3 gaam2

  to cut down

• 縮減suk1 gaam2

  to cut

• 減免gaam2 min5

  to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)

• 減產gaam2 caan2

  to produce less

• 刪減saan1 gaam2

  to abridge (a text)

• 減低gaam2 dai1

  to lower

• 減號gaam2 hou2

  minus sign - (math.)

• 減壓gaam2 aat3

  to reduce pressure

• 減法gaam2 faat3

  subtraction

• 遞減dai6 gaam2

  progressively decreasing

• 減數gaam2 sou3

  (math.) subtrahend

• 減刑gaam2 jing4

  to reduce penalty

• 清減cing1 gaam2

  slimmer than before (spoken)

• 減重gaam2 cung5

  to lose weight

• 裁減coi4 gaam2

  to reduce

• 減持gaam2 ci4

  (of an investor) to reduce one's holdings

• 減退gaam2 teoi3

  to ebb

• 減排gaam2 paai4

  to reduce pollutant discharge; to reduce emissions

• 減價gaam2 gaa3

  to cut prices

• 減慢gaam2 maan6

  to slow down