减 jiǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 咸 all, together, united
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
减负
jiǎnfù
to reduce burdens
Characters in this word
负 fù
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 教育部门提出减负，不是要降低标准，而是要减少重复低效的作业。 Jiàoyù bùmén tíchū jiǎnfù, bú shì yào jiàngdī biāozhǔn, ér shì yào jiǎnshǎo chóngfù dīxiào de zuòyè. When education authorities propose reducing burdens, it is not to lower standards, but to reduce repetitive, inefficient homework.
- 学校决定减负，每天少留一点作业。 Xuéxiào juédìng jiǎnfù, měitiān shǎo liú yìdiǎn zuòyè. The school decided to lighten the load and give a little less homework each day.
- 公司想给员工减负，取消了不必要的会议。 Gōngsī xiǎng gěi yuángōng jiǎnfù, qǔxiāo le bú bìyào de huìyì. The company wants to ease employees' burden and cancelled unnecessary meetings.
Related words
- 减 jiǎn to reduce; to subtract
- 减肥 jiǎnféi to lose weight
- 减少 jiǎnshǎo to reduce; to decrease
- 减轻 jiǎnqīng to reduce; to ease
- 减弱 jiǎnruò to weaken, to diminish
- 减压 jiǎnyā to reduce pressure
- 减免 jiǎnmiǎn to reduce or exempt
- 减退 jiǎntuì to decline; to weaken
- 衰减 shuāijiǎn to attenuate; to weaken gradually
- 缩减 suōjiǎn to reduce; to cut back
- 削减 xuējiǎn to cut down; to reduce
- 负责 fùzé to be responsible for