粵

裁coi4減gaam2

simp裁减also written裁减
coi4 gaam2cái jiǎn

English

  1. to reduce
  2. to lessen
  3. to cut down
  4. (of manpower, cost) to cut; to reduce

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (人手、成本)減少

Examples

  • 农村的女孩喜欢把红色的纸裁减成桃和李的花及贴在门窗上。

    Country girls like to cut red paper into peach and plum blossoms and paste them onto doors and windows.

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

  • 裁減開支

    to cut down on expenditure

  • 因為經濟衰退,好多公司都裁減員工嘅數目。

    Due to the economic recession, many companies have reduced their staff numbers.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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