裁汰

Chinese

		cut out (as a dress); cut; trim cut out (as a dress); cut; trim; reduce; diminish; decision; judgement	to discard; to eliminate; too
simp. and trad. (裁汰)		裁	汰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáitài

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄊㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ taai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáitài
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄊㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáitài
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-tʻai⁴
    • Yale: tsái-tài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairtay
    • Palladius: цайтай (cajtaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ taai³
    • Yale: chòih taai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ taai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ tai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ tʰaːi̯³³/

Verb

裁汰

1. (literary) to cut down; to reduce

Synonyms

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• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削減 / 削减 (xuējiǎn)
• 壓縮 / 压缩 (yāsuō)
• 損 / 损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撤 (chè)
• 收縮 / 收缩 (shōusuō)
• 消減 / 消减 (xiāojiǎn)
• 減低 / 减低 (jiǎndī)
• 減削 / 减削 (jiǎnxuè)
• 減少 / 减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
• 減損 / 减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
• 減縮 / 减缩 (jiǎnsuō)
• 減輕 / 减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
• 省卻 / 省却 (shěngquè)
• 砍 (kǎn)
• 緊縮 / 紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
• 縮減 / 缩减 (suōjiǎn)
• 耗
• 裁 (cái)
• 裁減 / 裁减 (cáijiǎn)
• 鐫汰 / 镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
• 降低 (jiàngdī)