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
减退
jiǎntuì
to decline; to weaken
Characters in this word
退 tuì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 随着药效减退，病人的疼痛感又逐渐明显起来。 Suízhe yàoxiào jiǎntuì, bìngrén de téngtònggǎn yòu zhújiàn míngxiǎn qǐlái. As the effect of the medicine wore off, the patient's pain gradually became noticeable again.
- 年纪大了，他的记忆力慢慢减退了。 Niánjì dà le, tā de jìyìlì mànmàn jiǎntuì le. As he grew older, his memory slowly declined.
- 最近天气太热，我的食欲明显减退了。 Zuìjìn tiānqì tài rè, wǒ de shíyù míngxiǎn jiǎntuì le. The weather has been too hot lately, and my appetite has clearly dropped.
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
- 减免 jiǎnmiǎn to reduce or exempt
- 衰减 shuāijiǎn to attenuate; to weaken gradually
- 缩减 suōjiǎn to reduce; to cut back
- 削减 xuējiǎn to cut down; to reduce
- 退 tuì to step back; to return