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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

减掉

jiǎndiào

to subtract

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to subtract

02

to lose (weight)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 减掉 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 减掉 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

她曾经夸口说一个月之内要减掉5公斤赘肉。tā céng jīng kuā kǒu shuō yí gè yuè zhī nèi yào jiǎn diào 5 gōng jīn zhuì ròu。

She once proudly stated that she was going to lose 5 kilos of fat in a single month.

您能减掉一些价钱吗?nín néng jiǎn diào yī xiē jià qián ma?

No published English translation for this sentence.

汤姆减掉30公斤分量。tāng mǔ jiǎn diào 30 gōng jīn fèn liàng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 减掉.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 减掉.

Directly before

  • 能减掉1
  • 汤姆减掉1
  • 要减掉1
  • 游泳减掉1

Directly after

  • 减掉一些1
  • 减掉了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 减掉

What does 减掉 mean in Chinese?

减掉 (jiǎndiào) means to subtract.

How do you pronounce 减掉?

减掉 is pronounced jiǎndiào.

Is 减掉 an HSK word?

减掉 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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