減租

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	rent; taxes
trad. (減租)		減	租
simp. (减租)		减	租

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnzū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² zou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-cho͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnzū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnzu
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-tsu¹
    • Yale: jyǎn-dzū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeantzu
    • Palladius: цзяньцзу (czjanʹczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam² zou¹
    • Yale: gáam jōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² dzou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam² zou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵ t͡sou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-cho͘
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-tsoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmzof
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

減租

1. to reduce rent; to cut rent

   • 對於今秋減租，農民正大做宣傳，地主們亦在問減租辦法。 [MSC, trad.]
     对于今秋减租，农民正大做宣传，地主们亦在问减租办法。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Duìyú jīnqiū jiǎnzū, nóngmín zhèng dà zuò xuānchuán, dìzhǔmen yì zài wèn jiǎnzū bànfǎ. [Pinyin]

     The peasants are doing extensive propaganda for rent reduction in the coming autumn, and the landlords are asking how the reductions are to be carried out.

Derived terms

• 減租減息／减租减息 (jiǎnzūjiǎnxī)