WordTaiwan frequency #19,509
伸縮
ㄕㄣ ㄙㄨㄛ
“extend and contract; stretch and shrink; flexible; adjustable”
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- 延伸ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄣto extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread; to lengthen or prolong something in space or time.
- 伸出ㄕㄣ ㄔㄨto extend outward; to stretch out; to reach out
- 伸手ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˇto reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle
- 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).
- 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
- 縮水ㄙㄨㄛ ㄕㄨㄟˇto shrink (of fabric in the wash); to shrink or be reduced (of profits, value, etc.)
- 伸張ㄕㄣ ㄓㄤto uphold; to promote (justice, rights, or principles); to expand or extend.