How to write 缩

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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 缩

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 缩

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Meaning of 缩

Pinyin suō、 sù

Radical

纟

Strokes

Definition

to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce

Usage

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压缩 yā suō

to compress / compression

缩小 suō xiǎo

to reduce / to decrease / to shrink

挛缩 luán suō

contracture

缩写 suō xiě

abbreviation / to abridge

缩减 suō jiǎn

to cut / to reduce

收缩 shōu suō

to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole

浓缩 nóng suō

to concentrate (a liquid) / concentration / espresso coffee / abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡|意式浓缩咖啡

浓缩铀 nóng suō yóu

enriched uranium

伸缩 shēn suō

to lengthen and shorten / flexible / adjustable / retractable / extensible / telescoping (collapsible)

伸缩性 shēn suō xìng

flexibility

瑟缩 sè suō

to curl up shivering (from cold) / timid and trembling (in fear) / to shrink / to cower

畏缩 wèi suō

to cower / to flinch / to quail / to recoil

畏畏缩缩 wèi wèi suō suō

cowering / cringing

畏缩不前 wèi suō bù qián

to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance

皱缩 zhòu suō

to wrinkle / wrinkled up

缩短 suō duǎn

to curtail / to cut down

紧缩 jǐn suō

(economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch

萎缩 wěi suō

to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)

缩回 suō huí

retraction / anastole

退缩 tuì suō

to shrink back / to cower

缩水 suō shuǐ

to shrink (in the wash) / fig. to shrink (of profits etc)

缩手 suō shǒu

draw back one's hand

蜷缩 quán suō

to curl up / to huddle / to cower / cringing

缩影 suō yǐng

miniature version of sth / microcosm / epitome / (Tw) to microfilm

缩聚 suō jù

polycondensation / condensation polymerization

压缩机 yā suō jī

compactor / compressor

缩头 suō tóu

retracted head

热胀冷缩 rè zhàng lěng suō

heat makes something expand and cold makes it contract

缩脖子 suō bó zi

Neck down

萎缩性 wēi suō xìng

atrophic

缩醛 suō quán

acetal / formal

压缩饼干 yā suō bǐng gān

ship biscuit / compressed biscuit / hard tack

龟缩 guī suō

to withdraw / to hole up