Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "缩" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "缩" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
suō、 sù
Definition
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce
to compress / compression
to reduce / to decrease / to shrink
abbreviation / to abridge
to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole
to concentrate (a liquid) / concentration / espresso coffee / abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡|意式浓缩咖啡
to lengthen and shorten / flexible / adjustable / retractable / extensible / telescoping (collapsible)
to curl up shivering (from cold) / timid and trembling (in fear) / to shrink / to cower
to cower / to flinch / to quail / to recoil
to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
(economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch
to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
to shrink back / to cower
to shrink (in the wash) / fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
to curl up / to huddle / to cower / cringing
miniature version of sth / microcosm / epitome / (Tw) to microfilm
polycondensation / condensation polymerization
heat makes something expand and cold makes it contract