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

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

(literary) to cut down; to reduce

Synonyms

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)