縮U+7E2E17 STROKES
Entry·pron. suō
ㄙㄨㄛ
“To contract or shrink; to reduce in size or amount; to pull back or withdraw; to save or be economical; to cower or flinch from fear.”
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- 縮短ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇto shorten; to reduce; to curtail; to make shorter in length, duration, or extent
- 縮小ㄙㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˇto reduce; to decrease; to shrink; to make smaller; to scale down
- 萎縮ㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄛto wither; to dry up (of a plant); to shrink or atrophy (of muscle, organ, etc); to decline or diminish (of a custom, economy, etc).
- 縮減ㄙㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄢˇto cut back; to reduce; to curtail; to scale down.
- 退縮ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛto shrink back; to cower; to recoil from action; to hesitate and hold back.
- 收縮ㄕㄡ ㄙㄨㄛto shrink; to contract; to pull back; (physiology) systole.
- 壓縮ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄛto compress; to reduce volume or size by applying pressure; to condense or shrink.
- 緊縮ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄙㄨㄛto tighten; to reduce; to cut back; (economics) austerity; a policy of spending less; a period of reduced economic activity
- 濃縮ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄙㄨㄛto concentrate a solution by evaporating solvent; to distill the essence of a work
- 縮水ㄙㄨㄛ ㄕㄨㄟˇto shrink (of fabric in the wash); to shrink or be reduced (of profits, value, etc.)
- 縮影ㄙㄨㄛ ㄧㄥˇa smaller reproduction of a larger image or area using photography; a microcosm representing the same type of people or things
- 縮寫ㄙㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
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