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缩
縮
suō
1. to withdraw
2. to pull back
3. to contract
4. to shrink
5. to reduce
6. abbreviation
7. also pr. <sù>
Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

缩
suō
to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
HSK 5 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

伸缩
shēnsuō
to lengthen and shorten
凝缩
níngsuō
to condense
压缩
yāsuō
to compress
HSK 6
宫缩
gōngsuō
contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
微缩
wēisuō
compact
抖缩
dǒusuō
to cower
收缩
shōusuō
to pull back
HSK 6
浓缩
nóngsuō
to concentrate (a liquid)
瑟缩
sèsuō
to curl up shivering (from cold)
畏缩
wèisuō
to cower
皱缩
zhòusuō
to wrinkle
简缩
jiǎnsuō
abbreviation
紧缩
jǐnsuō
(economics) to reduce
缩印
suōyìn
to reprint (a book etc) in a smaller format
缩写
suōxiě
abbreviation
缩小
suōxiǎo
to reduce
缩影
suōyǐng
miniature
缩成
suōchéng
to shrink into
缩排
suōpái
(typesetting) to indent
缩放
suōfàng
scaling

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,303
Word Frequency Rank
3,111 of 84,292

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