giảm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "giam"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 減 (“to decrease; to subtract”). This word only means "to decrease" in Vietnamese. For "to substract", use trừ instead.

Pronunciation

Verb

giảm

  1. to decrease
    Antonym: tăng
    Số người tham gia giảm.
    Attendance decreased.
    Chúng tôi buộc phải giảm số người tham gia.
    We had to decrease our attendance.

Usage notes

  • Syntactically similar to English decrease in terms of transitivity. A number or amount can giảm by itself, or be decreased by something or someone.

Derived terms

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