收縮

See also: 收缩 and 収縮

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (收縮)		收	縮
simp. (收缩)		收	缩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōusuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄙㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ suk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-sok / siu-siok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōusuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shousuo
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-so¹
    • Yale: shōu-swō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shousuo
    • Palladius: шоусо (šouso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ suk¹
    • Yale: sāu sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-sok
    • Tâi-lô: siu-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siusog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ sɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-siok
    • Tâi-lô: siu-siok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siusiog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔk̚³²/

Verb

收縮

1. to shrink; to contract
2. to keep down (costs); to reduce (expenses); to cut; to tighten (money)

Synonyms

• (to shrink): 抽 (chōu), 縮／缩 (suō)
• (to keep down):

• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削減／削减 (xuējiǎn)
• 壓縮／压缩 (yāsuō)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撤 (chè)
• 消減／消减 (xiāojiǎn)
• 減低／减低 (jiǎndī)
• 減少／减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
• 減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
• 減輕／减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
• 省卻／省却 (shěngquè)
• 砍 (kǎn)
• 緊縮／紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
• 縮減／缩减 (suōjiǎn)
• 耗
• 裁 (cái)
• 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
• 裁減／裁减 (cáijiǎn)
• 鐫汰／镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
• 降低 (jiàngdī)

 

Derived terms

• 收縮壓／收缩压 (shōusuōyā)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
收	縮

Noun

收縮 • (suchuk) (hangeul 수축)

1. Hanja form^? of 수축 (“contraction; shrinkage”).