suō

Traditional: 縮

HSK 7–9

缩 (suō) is a Chinese word meaning “to withdraw; to pull back; to contract”.

Meanings

  1. 1to withdraw
  2. 2to pull back
  3. 3to contract
  4. 4to shrink
  5. 5to reduce
  6. 6abbreviation
  7. 7also pr. [su4]
Part of speech
verb

Related words

缩小to reduce; to decrease; to shrink退缩to shrink back; to cower缩写abbreviation收缩to pull back浓缩to concentrate; to condense缩短to shorten; to reduce; to curtail萎缩to wither缩减to cut压缩to compress; compression蜷缩to curl up畏缩to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil缩水to shrink (in the wash)

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