減輕

简 减轻 · 繁 減輕
Mandarin · pinyin jiǎn qīng

Meanings

  1. to lighten
  2. to ease
  3. to alleviate
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減
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輕
qīng · light; easy, simple; gentle
减
jiǎn · decrease, subtract, diminish
轻
qīng · light; easy, simple; gentle
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3–1 · jian3 qing1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaam2 heng1

Cantonese word readings for 減輕. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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gaam2 heng1

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verb

  1. to lighten; to ease; to alleviate; to lessen; to relieve; to mitigate; to extenuate

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