Examples
zhè这gè个guó jiā国家de的rén kǒu人口zhèng zài正在zhú jiàn逐渐jiǎn shǎo减少。
这个国家的人口正在逐渐减少。
The population of this country is gradually diminishing.
数据表明年轻人抽烟的现象没有减少。
As is evident from the data, smoking is not decreasing among the young.
最近他的顾客减少了。
His audience is falling off these days.