Chinese word dictionary

减去

jiǎn qù · minus; to subtract

Practice word

Word information

Simplified减去

Traditional減去

Pinyinjiǎn qù

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

减jiǎn

to decrease, to subtract, to diminish

去qù

to go away, to leave, to depart

How to learn 减去

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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去qù

to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

去年qùnián

last year

出去chūqù

to go out

过去guòqù

(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

过去guò qù

(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

回去huíqù

to return; to go back