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縮

suō

contract, draw in, reduce

Strokes
17
Radical
糸
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 缩

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 缩, the simplified form of 縮. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 请记住这些缩写。

    Qǐng jì zhu zhè xiē suō xiě

    Please memorise these abbreviations.

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  • 金属冷却的时候会收缩。

    Jīn shǔ lěng què de shí hou huì shōu suō

    Metals contract when they cool.

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  • 这只蜗牛将触角缩了回去。

    Zhè zhǐ wō niú jiāng chù jiǎo suō le huí qu

    The snail draws in its feelers.

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  • 蜗牛缩进壳里去了。

    Wō niú suō jìn qiào lǐ qù le

    The snail retreated into its shell.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 缩

  • 缩小suō xiǎo 1–3 to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
  • 缩短suō duǎn 1–3 to curtail; to cut down
  • 收缩shōu suō 1–1 to pull back; to shrink; to contract; (physiology) systole
  • 压缩yā suō 1–1 to compress; compression
  • 缩suō 1to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [sù]
  • 浓缩nóng suō 2–1 to concentrate (a liquid); concentration; espresso coffee; abbr. for 意式浓缩咖啡
  • 萎缩wěi suō 3–1 to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
  • 退缩tuì suō 4–1 to shrink back; to cower
  • 缩水suō shuǐ 1–3 to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
  • 缩影suō yǐng 1–3 miniature version of sth; microcosm; epitome; (Tw) to microfilm
  • 紧缩jǐn suō 3–1 (economics) to reduce; to curtail; to cut back; to tighten; austerity; tightening; crunch
  • 伸缩shēn suō 1–1 to lengthen and shorten; flexible; adjustable; retractable; extensible; telescoping (collapsible)