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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

The characters of 缩小

suōcomponent character
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
wāicrooked, slanting
隔壁gé bìnext door, neighboring
围绕wéi ràosurround, around

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