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缩短 (suō duǎn): Shorten (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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缩 • suō • to contract, shrink, or draw back
suō缩

to contract, shrink, or draw back

短 • duǎn • short • HSK 2.0 L3
HSK 3
duǎn短

short

Word Info

Pinyinsuō duǎn
Meaningshorten; curtail; cut down
Characters2
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HSK 5 Words

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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 缩短.

Words with 缩
  • 缩小suō xiǎoto reduce
  • 压缩yā suōcompress; condense; cut down
  • 收缩shōu suōcontract; shrink; concentrate one's forces
  • 伸缩
shēn suō
Stretch
  • 浓缩nóng suōconcentrate / condense
  • 畏缩wèi suōflinch / shrink back
  • 紧缩jǐn suōshrink / reduce
  • 缩减suō jiǎnreduce
    • Words with 短
    • 短裤duǎn kùshort pants
    • 短信duǎn xìntext message; SMS
    • 短处duǎn chùshortcoming
    • 短期duǎn qīshort term
    • 短促duǎn cùvery brief; pressed for time; short
    • 短缺duǎn quēshortage
    • 长短cháng duǎnlength
    • 短暂duǎn zànbrief / short-lived
    4.

    Example Sentences with 缩短

    wǒ我
    suō缩
    duǎn短
    le了
    shéng绳
    zi子
    。
    I shortened the rope.
    wèi为
    le了
    gǎn赶
    shàng上
    jié截
    zhǐ止
    rì日
    qī期
    ，
    nǐ你
    néng能
    suō缩
    duǎn短
    yí一
    xià下
    nǐ你
    de的
    fā
    wèi为
    le了
    jié节
    shěng省
    shí时
    jiān间
    ，
    wǒ我
    men们
    tā他
    bìng并
    méi没
    yǒu有
    suō缩
    duǎn短
    chū出
    chāi差
    xíng
    wǒ我
    men们
    bì必
    xū须
    suō缩
    duǎn短
    xiàng项
    mù目
    zhōu周
    qī期
    。
    To meet the deadline, we must shorten the project cycle.
    发
    yán言
    shí时
    jiān间
    ma吗
    ？
    Can you shorten your speaking time a bit?
    suō缩
    duǎn短
    le了
    huì会
    yì议
    。
    To save time, we shortened the meeting.
    行
    chéng程
    ，
    fǎn反
    ér而
    yán延
    cháng长
    le了
    jǐ几
    tiān天
    。
    He did not shorten his business trip; on the contrary, he extended it by a few days.