Traditional: 減少
减少 (jiǎn shǎo) means “to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word (traditional 減少) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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我们需要减少成本。
Wǒmen xūyào jiǎnshǎo chéngběn.
We need to reduce costs.
Updated: 2026-05-27