減員

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	person; employee; member
trad. (減員)		減	員
simp. (减员)		减	员

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎnyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² jyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-oân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnyuán
  - Wade–Giles: chien³-yüan²
  - Yale: jyǎn-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanyuan
  - Palladius: цзяньюань (czjanʹjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaam² jyun⁴
  - Yale: gáam yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gam² yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵ jyːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-oân
  - Tâi-lô: kiám-uân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiafm'oaan
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan¹³/

Verb

減員

to experience a reduction in numbers (in the armed forces, etc.)
to cut staff; to downsize

Synonyms

(to cut staff): 裁員／裁员 (cáiyuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
減	員
げん Grade: 5	いん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ĩɴ]

Noun

減(げん)員(いん) • (gen'in)

reduction of staff

Antonyms

増員

Verb

減(げん)員(いん)する • (gen'in suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 減(げん)員(いん)し (gen'in shi), past 減(げん)員(いん)した (gen'in shita))

reduce staff; cut or ax jobs

Conjugation

Conjugation of "減員する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	減員し	げんいんし	gen'in shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	減員し	げんいんし	gen'in shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	減員する	げんいんする	gen'in suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	減員する	げんいんする	gen'in suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	減員すれ	げんいんすれ	gen'in sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	減員せよ¹ 減員しろ²	げんいんせよ¹ げんいんしろ²	gen'in seyo¹ gen'in shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	減員される	げんいんされる	gen'in sareru
Causative	減員させる減員さす	げんいんさせるげんいんさす	gen'in saseru gen'in sasu
Potential	減員できる	げんいんできる	gen'in dekiru
Volitional	減員しよう	げんいんしよう	gen'in shiyō
Negative	減員しない	げんいんしない	gen'in shinai
Negative continuative	減員せず	げんいんせず	gen'in sezu
Formal	減員します	げんいんします	gen'in shimasu
Perfective	減員した	げんいんした	gen'in shita
Conjunctive	減員して	げんいんして	gen'in shite
Hypothetical conditional	減員すれば	げんいんすれば	gen'in sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative