伸縮

Chinese

		to stretch; to extend	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (伸縮)		伸	縮
simp. (伸缩)		伸	缩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnsuō

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄙㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ suk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-sok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnsuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄙㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shensuo
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-so¹
  - Yale: shēn-swō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shensuo
  - Palladius: шэньсо (šɛnʹso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ suk¹
  - Yale: sān sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ sug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-sok
  - Tâi-lô: sin-sok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinsog
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ sɔk̚⁵/

Verb

伸縮

to stretch out and draw back; to expand and contract; to lengthen and shorten; to telescope
to be flexible; to be adjustable; to be elastic

Synonyms

(to stretch out and draw back): (Hokkien) 伸勼
(to be flexible): (Hokkien) 伸勼

Derived terms

伸縮性 / 伸缩性 (shēnsuōxìng)

Korean

Hanja in this term
伸	縮

Proper noun

伸縮 • (Sinchuk) (hangeul 신축)

hanja form^? of 신축 (“to stretch out and draw back; to expand and contract; to lengthen and shorten; to telescope; to be flexible; to be adjustable; to be elastic”)