REDUCE    減少

CHANGE something so as to CAUSE it to BECOME MORE FEW:fewer.
DIMINISHDECREASELESSENDECLINEREDUCESUBSIDEDIE DOWNABATEDWINDLEFADESLACKEN OFFMODERATELET UPEBBWANERECEDEDIE AWAY/OUTPETER OUTARCHAIC REMIT
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for diminishing or lessening anything in any way is sǔn 損 (ant. yì 益 "increase, improve").. 2. Kuī 虧 (ant. yíng 盈 "cause to become more plentiful") refers to impairing a typically abstract or at least subtle thing. 3. Jiǎn 減 (ant. zēng 增 "increase") typically refers to a reduction in the intensitity or in the number of something. 4. Shǎo 少 is used to refer to the reducing the number of things. See FEW
Modern Chinese Criteria
減少 減去 縮減 減縮 壓縮 削減 減削 裁減 節減 核減 減 刨 抽 裒 消損 打折扣 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH
Antonym
  • INCREASECAUSE TO BECOME MORE IN QUANTITY.
  • GROWLIVE so as to INCREASE in SIZE.
See also
  • CUTDISPLACE a SHARP INSTRUMENT INTO a THING.
Hypernym
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • EVENT　REALITY that ARISES in TIME. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • REALITY　EXIST and NOT ONLY BE IMAGINED. (anc: 7/0, child: 5)
  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 134/135

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 442

    • Words (24 items)

    損  sǔn OC: squunʔ MC: suo̝n 24 Attributions

    The current general word for diminishing or lessening anything in any way is sǔn 損 (ant. yì 益 "increase, improve")..

      Word relations
    • Ant: 增 / 曾/INCREASE Zēng 增 (ant. shǎo 少 "beocme less") typically refers to concrete or material increase of something.
    • Ant: 益/INCREASE The most current and most general word for increase, both abstract and concrete is yì 益 (ant. sǔn 損 "decrease"). See MORE which overlaps considerably with this group.
    • Ant: 益/ADD
    • Assoc: 減/REDUCE Jiǎn 減 (ant. zēng 增 "increase") typically refers to a reduction in the intensitity or in the number of something.

      Syntactic words
    • vi0there is less and less of something
    • vichangesuffer loss, be reduced, get reduced; develop by way of decreasing one's activities
    • vimathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • vt+prep+Ndiminish
    • vtoNdiminish, subtract from;
    • vtoNpsychefface (oneself), diminish (oneself)
    • vttoN1[.+N2]N1=recipientreduce the supply for N1DS
    虧  kuī OC: khʷral MC: khiɛ 17 Attributions

    Kuī 虧 (ant. yíng 盈 "cause to become more plentiful") refers to impairing typically abstract or at least subtle thing.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 成/ACHIEVE The current general word for successful action on one's own behalf or on someone else's behalf is chéng 成 (ant. bài 敗 "fail to achieve; botch up"). [GENERAL], [LARGE-SCALE]; [VERB]

      Syntactic words
    • nabactloss, impairment; reduction
    • vichangedecline; get weakened
    • vtoNcausativeMO: impair, cause to suffer damage or reduction
    • vtoNpassiveget impaired; get reduced
    削  xiāo MC: sjak OC: smewɡ 15 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vimiddle voiceget reducedCH
    • vt(oN)truncate the territory of the contextually determinate N; more generally: weaken the contextually determinate NLZ
    • vtoNcausativeget caused to be decimated or reduced in size> be reduced, downsized
    • vtoNpassiveget decimated, be truncated; get cut off; have one's territory decimated
    減  jiǎn OC: kroomʔ MC: kɣɛm 8 Attributions

    Jiǎn 減 (ant. zēng 增 "increase") typically refers to a reduction in the intensitity or in the number of something.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 加/INCREASE Jiā 加 (ant. jiǎn 減 "decrease by taking away") typically focusses on the action of adding something which brings about the increase.
    • Ant: 增 / 曾/INCREASE Zēng 增 (ant. shǎo 少 "beocme less") typically refers to concrete or material increase of something.
    • Assoc: 損/REDUCE The current general word for diminishing or lessening anything in any way is sǔn 損 (ant. yì 益 "increase, improve")..

      Syntactic words
    • nabprocesseconomy; reduction, decreasing, diminishing
    • viprocessdecrease (sometimes "in relation to")
    • vt+prep+Npassiveget reduced to, be diminished to
    • vtoNreduce, lessen
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: subtract
    • vtoNpassiveget reduced; get less
    貶  biǎn OC: promʔ MC: piɛm 3 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Ant: 增 / 曾/INCREASE Zēng 增 (ant. shǎo 少 "beocme less") typically refers to concrete or material increase of something.
    • Synon: 少/REDUCE Shǎo 少 is used to refer to the reducing the number of things. See FEW

      Syntactic words
    • viprocessbecome less
    • vtoNreduce the amount or abstract extent of
    概  gài OC: kɯɯds MC: kəi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcut down to real size (by using the levelling stick metaphorically)
    折閱  shé yuè MC: dzyet -- OC: ɡljed lod 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventsuffering lossesLZ
    • nabstatesuffering lossesLZ
    誳  qū MC: -- OC: -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt+Npassive, permissive=詘 be reduced by the amount NCH
    黜  chù OC: khrlud MC: ʈhʷit 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNreduce
    降殺  jiàng shā OC: kruums sreed MC: kɣɔŋ ʂɣɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe reduced, get diminished, get less
    減少  jiǎn shǎo OC: kroomʔ hmljewʔ MC: kɣɛm ɕiɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangeget less; be reduced
    滅損  miè sǔn OC: med squunʔ MC: miɛt suo̝n 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN]destroy or diminish one's faults/weaknesses/desires
    小  xiǎo OC: smewʔ MC: siɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNreduce, diminish
    • vtoNdeclarativefigurative: belittleCH
    加少  jiā shǎo OC: kraal hmljewʔ MC: kɣɛ ɕiɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangeto decrease in amount, become more and more few.
    消  xiāo OC: smew MC: siɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vichangediminish, get less
    • vtoNreduce NDS
    縮  suō OC: sruɡ MC: ʂuk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vito shrink; contract; shrivel (as skin in old people)
    減分  jiǎn fēn OC: kroomʔ pɯn MC: kɣɛm pi̯un 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPimathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    直減  zhí jiǎn OC: dɯɡ kroomʔ MC: ɖɨk kɣɛm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    少  shǎo OC: hmljewʔ MC: ɕiɛu 0 Attributions

    Shǎo 少 is used to refer to the reducing the number of things. See FEW

      Syntactic words
    鮮薄  xiǎn báo OC: sqenʔ baaɡ MC: siɛn bɑk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangeget less and less; be diminished; be exhausted
    折  zhé OC: kljed MC: tɕiɛt 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    泄  yì OC: leds MC: jiɛi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNto reduce
    以少減多  yǐ shǎo jiǎn duō OC: k-lɯʔ hmljewʔ kroomʔ k-laal MC: jɨ ɕiɛu kɣɛm tɑ 0 Attributions
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    • VPimathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    均減  jūn jiǎn OC: kʷlin kroomʔ MC: kʷin kɣɛm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: