wěi suō

Traditional: 萎縮

HSK 7–9

萎缩 (wěi suō) is a Chinese word meaning “to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to wither
  2. 2to dry up (of a plant)
  3. 3to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 萎缩

萎wěi · to wither缩suō · to withdraw

Related words

缩小to reduce; to decrease; to shrink退缩to shrink back; to cower缩to withdraw缩写abbreviation收缩to pull back浓缩to concentrate; to condense缩短to shorten; to reduce; to curtail缩减to cut压缩to compress; compression枯萎to wilt蜷缩to curl up畏缩to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil

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