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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shōusuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡㄙㄨㄛ
  - 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

to shrink; to contract
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)
減削 / 减削 (jiǎnxuè)
減少 / 减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
減損 / 减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
減縮 / 减缩 (jiǎnsuō)
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)

hanja form^? of 수축 (“contraction; shrinkage”)