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缩写 (suō xiě): Abbreviation (noun / verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

缩 • suō • to contract, shrink, or draw back • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

suō缩

to contract, shrink, or draw back

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Pinyinsuō xiě

Meaningabbreviation; to abbreviate

Characters2

Syntaxnoun / verb

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写 • xiě • to write • HSK 2.0 L1

HSK 1

xiě写

to write

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More common words that include characters from 缩写.

Words with 缩

缩小suō xiǎoto reduce
缩短suō duǎnshorten; curtail; cut down
压缩yā suōcompress; condense; cut down
收缩shōu suōcontract; shrink; concentrate one's forces
伸缩shēn suōStretch
浓缩nóng suōconcentrate / condense
畏缩wèi suōflinch / shrink back
紧缩jǐn suōshrink / reduce

Words with 写

填写tián xiěto fill in a form
写作xiě zuòwriting; pen and ink; penmanship
描写miáo xiědescribe; depict; portray
书写shū xiěto write

编写

biān xiě

to compile

写照xiě zhàoPicture

撰写zhuàn xiěWrite / Compose

写信xiě xìnwrite a letter

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Example Sentences with 缩写

zhè这

ge个

dān单

cí词

de的

suō缩

xiě写

shì是

sān三

gè个

zì字

mǔ母

。

The abbreviation of this word is three letters.

lǎo老

shī师

ràng让

wǒ我

men们

bǎ把

cháng长

jù句

zi子

suō缩

xiě写

yī一

xià下

。

The teacher asked us to abbreviate the long sentence.