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Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
jiǎn
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
gaam2
Short definition to lower
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All available English definitions to lowerCdict iconAdso icon / to diminishCdict icon / to decreaseCdict icon / to reduceCdict icon / to subtractCdict icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: to lower
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: samecdic
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish; coastdown
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish'
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(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
(jiǎn) to lower
肥了(féile)
不是(bú shì) is not
(me) small

You've lost weight, haven't you?

(bā) 8
(jiǎn) to lower
(qù) to get rid of
(sān) 3
(jiù) only
能得到( néng dé dào) to be able to obtain
(wǔ) five

Subtract three from eight and you get five.

汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
(hé) with
玛丽(mǎ lì) Mary or Marie (name)
减肥(jiǎn féi) to lose weight
都没(dōuméi)
(jiǎn) to lower
下来(xià lai) to come down

Neither Tom nor Mary has been losing weight.

(shí) ten
(jiǎn) to lower
(èr) 2
等于(děng yú) to equal
(bā) 8

Subtract two from ten and you have eight.

(jiǔ) nine
(jiǎn) to lower
(liù) 6
等于(děng yú) to equal
多少(duōshǎo) amount

How many is nine minus six?

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