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
缩影
suōyǐng
microcosm; miniature representation
Characters in this word
影 yǐng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 彡 — hair
- Made of
- 景 scenery, view 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这条老街的变迁，是城市工业转型的一个缩影。 Zhè tiáo lǎojiē de biànqiān, shì chéngshì gōngyè zhuǎnxíng de yí ge suōyǐng. The changes in this old street are a microcosm of the city's industrial transformation.
- 这个小村庄的变化是农村发展的一个缩影。 Zhège xiǎo cūnzhuāng de biànhuà shì nóngcūn fāzhǎn de yí ge suōyǐng. The changes in this small village are a microcosm of rural development.
- 一部家谱，往往是一个家族几百年历史的缩影。 Yí bù jiāpǔ, wǎngwǎng shì yí ge jiāzú jǐ bǎi nián lìshǐ de suōyǐng. A family genealogy is often a miniature record of a clan's several hundred years of history.
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
- 缩水 suōshuǐ to shrink; to be reduced
- 退缩 tuìsuō to shrink back; to flinch