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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

减速

jiǎnsù

to reduce speed; to slow down

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to reduce speed; to slow down

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 减速 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 减速 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

当您开车的时候,应该在转弯处减速。dāng nín kāi chē de shí hòu, yīng gāi zài zhuǎn wān chù jiǎn sù。

When you are driving, you should slow down on corners.

注意,减速,距离200米处有个险弯。zhù yì, jiǎn sù, jù lí 200 mǐ chù yǒu gè xiǎn wān。

Attention. Slow down. Dangerous turn at 200 meters.

火车在快到交叉路口的时候减速、按喇叭。huǒ chē zài kuài dào jiāo chā lù kǒu de shí hòu jiǎn sù、 àn lǎ bā。

The train slowed and blared its horn as it approached the railway crossing.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 减速.

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

Directly before

  • 转弯处减速1
  • 时候减速1
  • 徐徐减速1
  • 及时减速1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
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 减速

What does 减速 mean in Chinese?

减速 (jiǎnsù) means to reduce speed; to slow down.

How do you pronounce 减速?

减速 is pronounced jiǎnsù.

Is 减速 an HSK word?

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

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