減小

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (減小)		減	小
simp. (减小)		减	小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² siu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-sió

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnxiǎo [Phonetic: jiánxiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnsiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-hsiao³
    • Yale: jyǎn-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeansheau
    • Palladius: цзяньсяо (czjanʹsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaam² siu²
    • Yale: gáam síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam² xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 減小／减小 減少／减少

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-sió
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-sió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmsioir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sio⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sio⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sio⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sio⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɤ⁴¹/

Verb

減小

1. to reduce (impact); to lessen; to decrease; to abate; to diminish