缩 suō
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 宿 to stop, to rest, to lodge
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
缩水
suōshuǐ
to shrink; to be reduced
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这件羊毛衫洗后严重缩水，袖子短了一大截。 Zhè jiàn yángmáoshān xǐ hòu yánzhòng suōshuǐ, xiùzi duǎn le yí dà jié. This woollen jumper shrank badly after washing, and the sleeves became much shorter.
- 最近股市不好，他的积蓄缩水了不少。 Zuìjìn gǔshì bù hǎo, tā de jīxù suōshuǐle bù shǎo. The stock market has been weak lately, and his savings have shrunk quite a bit.
- 棉布比丝绸更容易缩水，买的时候要选大一号。 Miánbù bǐ sīchóu gèng róngyì suōshuǐ, mǎi de shíhòu yào xuǎn dà yī hào. Cotton shrinks more easily than silk, so choose one size bigger when buying.
Related words
- 缩短 suōduǎn to shorten
- 缩小 suōxiǎo to make smaller; to become smaller
- 压缩 yāsuō to compress
- 节衣缩食 jiéyīsuōshí to live frugally; to economise on food and clothing
- 紧缩 jǐnsuō to tighten; to contract; austerity
- 浓缩 nóngsuō to condense; to concentrate
- 伸缩 shēnsuō to stretch and contract; flexible; telescopic
- 收缩 shōusuō to shrink; to contract; to pull back
- 缩 suō to shrink; to contract; to draw back
- 缩减 suōjiǎn to reduce; to cut back
- 缩影 suōyǐng microcosm; miniature representation
- 退缩 tuìsuō to shrink back; to flinch