遞減

See also: 递减

Chinese

		to hand over; to pass; to give	to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
trad. (遞減)		遞	減
simp. (递减)		递	减

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìjiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ gaam²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-kám
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-kiám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìjiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìjiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-chien³
    • Yale: dì-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihjean
    • Palladius: дицзянь (diczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶ gaam²
    • Yale: daih gáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ gaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ gam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²² kaːm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-kám
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti gam^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ gam³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ kam³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-kiám
    • Tâi-lô: tē-kiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexkiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² kiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ kiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ kiam⁴¹/

Verb

遞減

1. to decrease by degrees; to decrease successively; to diminish

Antonyms

• 遞加／递加 (dìjiā)
• 遞增／递增 (dìzēng)

Derived terms

• 報酬遞減定律／报酬递减定律 (bàochóu dìjiǎn dìnglǜ)
• 遞減函數／递减函数 (dìjiǎn hánshù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遞減):

• → Japanese: 逓減(ていげん) (teigen)