缩
Simplified character
縮
Traditional character
缩 English definition
suō
- to withdraw
- to pull back
- to contract
- to shrink
- to reduce
- abbreviation
- also pr. [su4]
suō
- to withdraw
- to pull back
- to contract
- to shrink
- to reduce
- abbreviation
- also pr. [su4]
HSK levels
Characters with the same pronunciation
- 傞 : uneven; unsteady (in dancing);
- 唆 : to suck; to incite;
- 嗍 : to suck; Taiwan pr. [shuo4];
- 娑 : (phonetic); see 婆娑[po2 suo1];
- 挲 : feel; to fondle;
- 桫 : horse chestnut; Stewartia pseudocamellia (botany);
- 梭 : shuttle (textiles); to move back and fro;
- 睃 : to squint at;
- 羧 : carboxyl radical (chemistry);
- 蓑 : rain coat made of straw etc;
- 蹜 : walk carefully;
Words containing 缩, by HSK level
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HSK 5 vocabulary list
- 缩短 (suō duǎn) : to curtail; to cut down
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HSK 6 vocabulary list
- 收缩 (shōu suō) : to pull back; to shrink; to contract
- 压缩 (yā suō) : to compress; compression