减

Pinyin: jiǎn

to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract

Example sentence

十减二等于八。

Shí jiǎn èr děngyú bā.

Subtract two from ten and you have eight.

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What 减 means

减 (jiǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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