縮〔缩〕 {sù}

1. to withdraw
2. to pull back
3. to contract
4. to shrink
5. to reduce
6. abbreviation
7. also pr. [su4]

縮〔缩〕 suk¹ {suō}

1. to withdraw
2. to pull back
3. to contract
4. to shrink
5. to reduce
6. abbreviation
7. also pr. [su4]

縮短〔缩-〕 suk¹ dyun² {suōduǎn}

(verb) Shorten

縮骨〔缩-〕 suk¹ gwat¹ {suō gǔ}

(slang) (of people) selfish; stingy; scheming selfishly; petty shrewdness; bean counter; crafty

縮開〔缩开〕 suk¹ hoi¹ {suō kāi}

(verb) dodge; sidestep; to avoid; to evade; to keep away from

縮入〔缩-〕 suk¹ jap⁶ {suō rù}

Retracted

縮皮〔缩-〕 suk¹ pei⁴ {suō pí}

reduce on costs or expenditure (spoken)

縮編〔缩编〕 suk¹ pin¹ {suō biān}

shorten; downsizing

縮沙〔缩-〕 suk¹ saa¹ {suō shā}

(slang) to get cold feet; to renege; (of something) to chicken out; to give up

縮細〔缩细〕 suk¹ sai³ {suō xì}

Narrowing; to shrink; to reduce

縮小〔缩-〕 suk¹ siu² {suōxiǎo}

(verb) Zoom out

縮數〔缩数〕 suk¹ sou³ {suō shù}

stingy and scheming selfishly; petty shrewdness; bean counter

縮聚〔缩-〕 suk¹ zeoi⁶ {suō jù}

condensation polymerization; polycondensation

縮短〔缩-〕 suk¹ dyun² {suō duǎn}

1. to curtail
2. to cut down

縮放〔缩-〕 suk¹ fong³ {suō fàng}

1. scaling
2. resizing
3. zoom (graphics)

縮格〔缩-〕 suk¹ gaak³ {suō gé}

(typesetting) to indent

縮減〔缩减〕 suk¹ gaam² {suō jiǎn}

1. to cut
2. to reduce

縮緊〔缩紧〕 suk¹ gan² {suō jǐn}

1. to tighten
2. to contract
3. to shrink in

縮胸〔缩-〕 suk¹ hung¹ {suō xiōng}

1. breast reduction
2. reduction mammaplasty

縮印〔缩-〕 suk¹ jan³ {suō yìn}

to reprint (a book etc) in a smaller format

縮影〔缩-〕 suk¹ jing² {suō yǐng}

1. miniature version of sth
2. microcosm
3. epitome
4. (Tw) to microfilm

縮約〔缩约〕 suk¹ joek³ {suō yuē}

1. contraction (in grammar)
2. abbreviation

縮語〔缩语〕 suk¹ jyu⁵ {suō yǔ}

1. abbreviated word
2. acronym

縮略〔缩-〕 suk¹ loek⁶ {suō lüè}

1. to contract
2. to abbreviate
3. abbreviation

縮排〔缩-〕 suk¹ paai⁴ {suō pái}

(typesetting) to indent

縮寫〔缩写〕 suk¹ se² {suō xiě}

1. abbreviation
2. to abridge

縮水〔缩-〕 suk¹ seoi² {suō shuǐ}

1. to shrink (in the wash)
2. fig. to shrink (of profits etc)

縮成〔缩-〕 suk¹ sing⁴ {suō chéng}

to shrink into

縮小〔缩-〕 suk¹ siu² {suō xiǎo}

1. to reduce
2. to decrease
3. to shrink

縮骨遮〔缩--〕 suk¹ gwat¹ ze¹ {suō gǔ zhē}

(noun) a folding umbrella

縮頭龜〔缩头龟〕 suk¹ tau⁴ gwai¹ {suō tóu guī}

(noun) a chicken (coward); a coward; a quitter; to describe someone who shies away from difficulties / challenges / responsibilities; to describe someone who pulls out of doing something the last minute

縮印本〔缩--〕 suk¹ jan³ bun² {suō yìn běn}

compact edition (of a dictionary etc)

縮略語〔缩-语〕 suk¹ loek⁶ jyu⁵ {suō lüè yǔ}

1. abbreviated word
2. acronym

縮略字〔缩--〕 suk¹ loek⁶ zi⁶ {suō lüè zì}

abbreviated character

縮氨酸〔缩--〕 suk¹ on¹ syun¹ {suō ān suān}

1. peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
2. same as 肽

縮埋一嚿〔缩---〕 suk¹ maai⁴ jat¹ gau⁶ {suō mái yī huò}

curl up (spoken)

縮頭縮腦〔缩头缩脑〕 suk¹ tau⁴ suk¹ nou⁵ {suō tóu suō nǎo}

coward; timid; fainthearted; recoil in fear; shrink from responsibility

縮多氨酸〔缩---〕 suk¹ do¹ on¹ syun¹ {suō duō ān suān}

1. polypeptide, a chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein
2. same as 多肽

縮衣節食〔缩-节-〕 suk¹ ji¹ zit³ sik⁶ {suō yī jié shí}

1. to economize on clothes and food
2. to scrimp and save (idiom)

縮微平片〔缩---〕 suk¹ mei⁴ ping⁴ pin² {suō wēi píng piàn}

microfiche

縮手縮腳〔缩-缩脚〕 suk¹ sau² suk¹ goek³ {suō shǒu suō jiǎo}

bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained

縮時攝影〔缩时摄-〕 suk¹ si⁴ sip³ jing² {suō shí shè yǐng}

time-lapse photography

縮成一團〔缩--团〕 suk¹ sing⁴ jat¹ tyun⁴ {suō chéng yī tuán}

1. to huddle together
2. to curl up

縮小模型〔缩---〕 suk¹ siu² mou⁴ jing⁴ {suō xiǎo mó xíng}

miniature

縮頭烏龜〔缩头乌龟〕 suk¹ tau⁴ wu¹ gwai¹ {suō tóu wū guī}

1. person who refuses to face reality or confront a problem
2. ostrich

縮埋一二角〔缩----〕 suk¹ maai⁴ jat¹ ji⁶ gok³ {suō mái yī èr jiǎo}

hide in the corner

縮埋一字角〔缩----〕 suk¹ maai⁴ jat¹ zi⁶ gok³ {suō mái yī zì jiǎo}

hide in the corner