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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