通縮

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (通縮)		通	縮
simp. (通缩)		通	缩

Etymology

Short for 通貨緊縮／通货紧缩 (tōnghuò jǐnsuō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tōngsuō

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥㄙㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ suk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-sok / thong-siok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tōngsuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥㄙㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tongsuo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-so¹
  - Yale: tūng-swō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongsuo
  - Palladius: тунсо (tunso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung¹ suk¹
  - Yale: tūng sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ sug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-sok
  - Tâi-lô: thong-sok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tongsog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ sɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-siok
  - Tâi-lô: thong-siok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tongsiog
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚³²/

Noun

通縮

(economics) deflation
- 2024 December 23, Lingling Wei, “中國債台高築，習近平仍堅持自上而下的經濟方針 [Xi Digs In With Top-Down Economic Plan Even as China Drowns in Debt]”, in The Wall Street Journal‎^[1]:
  
  據接近中國高層決策圈的人士透露，習近平曾問他的顧問們，通縮有什麼不好？大家難道不喜歡物價更便宜嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
  据接近中国高层决策圈的人士透露，习近平曾问他的顾问们，通缩有什么不好？大家难道不喜欢物价更便宜吗？ [MSC, simp.]
  Jù jiējìn Zhōngguó gāocéng juécè quān de rénshì tòulù, Xí Jìnpíng céng wèn tā de gùwèn men, tōngsuō yǒu shénme bùhǎo? Dàjiā nándào bù xǐhuān wùjià gèng biànyí ma? [Pinyin]
  “What’s so bad about deflation?” he asked his advisers, according to people close to Beijing’s decision-making. “Don’t people like it when things are cheaper?”