suō
Radical 120 · 14 strokes

to shrink

HSK 7 (3.0)7 meanings#37781
MEANING7 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to shrink

    • The clothes have shrunk.

  2. verb

    also pr. [su4]

    • He withdrew his hand.

  3. verb

    to reduce

    • Please reduce the size of the image.

  4. verb

    to withdraw

    • He pulled his hand back.

  5. verb

    to contract

  6. verb

    abbreviation

    • Please shorten this word.

  7. verb

    to pull back

COLLOCATIONS5 collocations
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A thread shrinks and pulls back like a person curling up to rest at night.

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