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缩小
suō xiǎo
shrink, reduce

HSK 5Legendary

What does 缩小 mean?

缩小 (pinyin: suō xiǎo) means shrink, reduce. It belongs to the official HSK 5 vocabulary (advanced), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 缩小

This piece of clothing shrank after washing.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing 小

The characters of 缩小

缩suōcomponent character
小xiǎosmall, little (HSK 1)

Related HSK 5 words

差别chā biédifference, distinction
模糊mó hublurry, vague
规矩guī jurule, custom
偶然ǒu ránby chance, accidentally
外交wài jiāodiplomacy; foreign affairs
歪wāicrooked, slanting
隔壁gé bìnext door, neighboring
围绕wéi ràosurround, around

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