giảm

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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːm˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːm˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jaːm˨˩˦]

giảm

1. to decrease

   Số người tham gia giảm.

   Attendance decreased.

   Chúng tôi buộc phải giảm số người tham gia.

   We had to decrease our attendance.

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

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• thuyên giảm, giảm bớt