减少

减少 jiǎnshǎo in a sentence

Reduce

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 3 sentences

减少 (jiǎnshǎo) means Reduce. Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

我们要 减少 浪费。

Wǒmen yào jiǎnshǎo làngfèi.

We must cut down on waste.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 减少

今年的雨水 减少 了。

Jīnnián de yǔshuǐ jiǎnshǎo le.

There has been less rain this year.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 减少

我们要 减少 空气污染。

Wǒmen yào jiǎnshǎo kōngqì wūrǎn.

We must reduce air pollution.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 污染

Questions about 减少

How is 减少 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 减少 (jiǎnshǎo, "Reduce"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 减少 an HSK word?

Yes — 减少 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 减少?

The dictionary page for 减少 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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