裁減

Chinese

		cut out (as a dress); cut; trim cut out (as a dress); cut; trim; reduce; diminish; decision; judgement	to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
trad. (裁減)		裁	減
simp. (裁减)		裁	减

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáijiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ gaam²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâi-kiám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáijiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáijiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-chien³
    • Yale: tsái-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairjean
    • Palladius: цайцзянь (cajczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 裁剪 裁減／裁减

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ gaam²
    • Yale: chòih gáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ gaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ gam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ kaːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâi-kiám
    • Tâi-lô: tshâi-kiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'kiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻²² kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻²² kiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai¹³⁻²² kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻¹¹ kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²³⁻³³ kiam⁴¹/

Verb

裁減

1. to cut down; to reduce (staff, armaments, etc.)

Synonyms

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• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削減／削减 (xuējiǎn)
• 壓縮／压缩 (yāsuō)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撤 (chè)
• 收縮／收缩 (shōusuō)
• 消減／消减 (xiāojiǎn)
• 減低／减低 (jiǎndī)
• 減削／减削 (jiǎnxuè)
• 減少／减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
• 減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
• 減輕／减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
• 省卻／省却 (shěngquè)
• 砍 (kǎn)
• 緊縮／紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
• 縮減／缩减 (suōjiǎn)
• 耗
• 裁 (cái)
• 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
• 鐫汰／镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
• 降低 (jiàngdī)