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Jyutping coi4 gaam2
Pinyin cái jiǎn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to reduce
  2. to lessen
  3. to cut down
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    (​人手​、​成本​)​減少
    (of manpower, cost) to cut; to reduce
    • 裁減開支
      裁减开支
      coi4 gaam2 hoi1 zi1
      to cut down on expenditure
    • 因為經濟衰退,好多公司都裁減員工嘅數目。
      因为经济衰退,好多公司都裁减员工嘅数目。
      jan1 wai6 ging1 zai3 seoi1 teoi3, hou2 do1 gung1 si1 dou1 coi4 gaam2 jyun4 gung1 ge3 sou3 muk6.
      Due to economic recession, many companies are laying off the number of staff.
  2. 近義詞
    削減
  3. 反義詞
    增加
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to cut down; to reduce (staff, armaments, etc.)
    (syn.) 削减, 减少, 縮減, 砍, 收缩, 压缩, 鐫汰, 耗, 收縮, 减低, 壓縮, 减损, 降低, 缩减, 減低, 裁, 裁汰, 损, 撤, 削, 減少, 紧缩, 減損, 减轻, 消减, 緊縮, 損, 消減, 削減, 減輕, 镌汰
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    农村的女孩喜欢把红色的纸裁减成桃和李的花及贴在门窗上。
    農村的女孩喜歡把紅色的紙裁減成桃和李的花及貼在門窗上。
    nóng cūn de nǚ hái xǐ huan bǎ hóng sè de zhǐ cái jiǎn chéng táo hé lǐ de huā jí tiē zài mén chuāng shàng 。
    • Country girls like to cut red paper into peach and plum blossoms and paste them onto doors and windows.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    裁减开支
    裁減開支
    coi4 gaam2 hoi1 zi1
    • to cut down on expenditure
  2. Cantonese
    因为经济衰退,好多公司都裁减员工嘅数目。
    因為經濟衰退,好多公司都裁減員工嘅數目。
    jan1 wai6 ging1 zai3 seoi1 teoi3, hou2 do1 gung1 si1 dou1 coi4 gaam2 jyun4 gung1 ge3 sou3 muk6.
    • Due to economic recession, many companies are laying off the number of staff.