缩写 meaning in English

suōxiě

abbreviation; to abridge

Traditional 縮寫19 strokes

Meaning of 缩写

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

suōxiě
  1. abbreviation
  2. to abridge

缩写 in example sentences

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

请qǐng记jì住zhù这zhè些xiē缩suō写xiě。
Please memorise these abbreviations.
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.
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?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

缩 suō · to withdraw · 14 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14

写 xiě · to write · 5 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 缩写.

听写tīngxiě(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by
写作xiězuòto write; to compose
缩小suōxiǎoto reduce; to decrease; to shrink
描写miáoxiěto describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
缩短suōduǎnto shorten; to reduce; to curtail
抄写chāoxiěto copy; to transcribe
写字楼xiězìlóuoffice building
写字台xiězìtáiwriting desk
退缩tuìsuōto shrink back; to cower
收缩shōusuōto pull back; to shrink
书写shūxiěto write
填写tiánxiěto fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)

Questions about 缩写

What does 缩写 mean?

缩写 (suōxiě) means "abbreviation; to abridge".

How do you write 缩写?

缩写 is made of 2 characters: 缩 (14 strokes), 写 (5 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

How is 缩写 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 缩写 is written 縮寫.