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
减免
jiǎnmiǎn
to reduce or exempt
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 政府决定对受灾企业减免部分税费，以帮助它们尽快恢复生产。 Zhèngfǔ juédìng duì shòuzāi qǐyè jiǎnmiǎn bùfen shuìfèi, yǐ bāngzhù tāmen jǐnkuài huīfù shēngchǎn. The government decided to reduce or waive part of the taxes and fees for disaster-hit enterprises to help them resume production as soon as possible.
- 学校对家庭困难的学生减免学费。 Xuéxiào duì jiātíng kùnnan de xuésheng jiǎnmiǎn xuéfèi. The school reduces or waives tuition for students from families in difficulty.
- 商店为老顾客减免了一部分运费。 Shāngdiàn wèi lǎo gùkè jiǎnmiǎn le yí bùfen yùnfèi. The shop waived part of the shipping fee for its regular customers.
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
- 减负 jiǎnfù to reduce burdens
- 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
- 避免 bìmiǎn to avoid