收敛 meaning in English

shōuliǎn

to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 收斂17 strokes

Meaning of 收敛

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shōuliǎn
  1. to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish
  2. to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)
  3. to astringe
  4. (math.) to converge

Stroke order for each character

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收 shōu · to receive · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

敛 liǎn · to collect · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 收敛.

收到shōudàoto receive
收入shōurùto take in; income
收音机shōuyīnjīradio
收看shōukànto watch (a TV program)
收费shōufèito charge a fee
收听shōutīngto listen to (a radio broadcast)
收回shōuhuíto regain; to retake
收获shōuhuòto harvest; to reap
吸收xīshōuto absorb; to assimilate
收益shōuyìearnings; profit
收拾shōushito put in order; to tidy up
收集shōujíto gather; to collect

Questions about 收敛

What does 收敛 mean?

收敛 (shōuliǎn) means "to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 收敛?

收敛 is made of 2 characters: 收 (6 strokes), 敛 (11 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 收敛 an HSK word?

Yes. 收敛 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 收敛 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 收敛 is written 收斂.