缩 meaning in English

suō

to withdraw; to pull back

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 縮14 strokes

Meaning of 缩

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suō

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

利lì马mǎ想xiǎng要yào缩suō胸xiōng。

Rima wants a breast reduction.

UK是shì英yīng国guó的de缩suō写xiě。

UK is the abbreviation for the United Kingdom.

“女nǚ控kòng”是shì“女nǚ性xìng控kòng制zhì”的de缩suō写xiě。

Femdom is short for Female Domination.

她tā把bǎ头tóu从cóng窗chuāng户hù外wài缩suō回huí来lái。

She withdrew her head from a window.

NTT这zhè个ge缩suō写xiě是shì什shén么me意yì思si？

What do the initials NTT stand for?

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Words that share a character with 缩.

缩小	suōxiǎo	to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
缩短	suōduǎn	to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
退缩	tuìsuō	to shrink back; to cower
收缩	shōusuō	to pull back; to shrink
压缩	yāsuō	to compress; compression
浓缩	nóngsuō	to concentrate; to condense; (nuclear energy) to enrich
萎缩	wěisuō	to wither; to dry up (of a plant)
缩水	suōshuǐ	to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
畏缩	wèisuō	to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil
紧缩	jǐnsuō	(economics) to reduce; to curtail
缩影	suōyǐng	miniature version of sth; microcosm
伸缩	shēnsuō	to lengthen and shorten; flexible

What does 缩 mean?

缩 (suō) means "to withdraw; to pull back" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 缩?

缩 is made of 1 character: 缩 (14 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 缩 an HSK word?

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

How is 缩 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 缩 is written 縮.