削 xiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 肖 to resemble, to look like 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
削减
xuējiǎn
to cut down; to reduce
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 政府若贸然削减医疗预算，基层医院将最先承受压力。 Zhèngfǔ ruò màorán xuējiǎn yīliáo yùsuàn, jīcéng yīyuàn jiāng zuìxiān chéngshòu yālì. If the government rashly cuts the healthcare budget, grassroots hospitals will bear the pressure first.
- 公司决定削减开支，取消年底的聚餐。 Gōngsī juédìng xuējiǎn kāizhī, qǔxiāo niándǐ de jùcān. The company decided to cut expenses and cancel the year-end dinner.
- 明年这个部门的预算被削减了三分之一。 Míngnián zhège bùmén de yùsuàn bèi xuējiǎn le sān fēn zhī yī. Next year this department's budget will be cut by one third.
Related words
- 剥削 bōxuē to exploit
- 削 xiāo to pare; to whittle; to shave
- 削弱 xuēruò to weaken
- 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
- 减退 jiǎntuì to decline; to weaken