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suō

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suō Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
suō | suo1
English translation
to withdraw
to pull back
to contract
to shrink
to reduce
abbreviation
also pr. [sù]
to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation

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About suō

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

suō

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of suō

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟宿

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

宿

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Example sentences using suō

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tóu suō 下去 xià qù , Zàng zài sǒng de 两肩之间 zhī jiān .

He cringed away, trying to hide his head and face in the hollow of his shoulders.

Lěng 身子 shēn zi 蜷缩 quán suō 起来 qǐlai .

He shrunk with cold.

zài tān suō 过程 guòchéng Zhōng , àn yún 碎裂 suì liè wéi 稠密 chóumì de tuán kuài .

During collapse, the dark cloud " fragments " into a series of dense clumps.

de 报告 bàogào 压缩 yāsuō dào Sān 页的长度 cháng dù .

He compressed his report into three pages.

尽管 jǐnguǎn 迹象 jìxiàng 有利 yǒulì , dàn 最新 zuì xīn de suō 氨酸 hún 合物仍然 réngrán 存在 cúnzài 一些 yī xiē 困难 kùnnan .

Despite favourable signals, the latest peptide mix presented difficulties.

Words with suō

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
缩小 suō xiǎo to reduce縮小
suō to withdraw suō
收缩 shōusuō to pull back收縮
缩短 suōduǎn to curtail縮短
退缩 tuì suō to cower退縮
萎缩 wěi suō to wither萎縮
压缩 yāsuō to compress壓縮
浓缩 nóng suō concentration濃縮
缩写 suō xiě abbreviation縮寫
缩减 suō jiǎn to cut縮減
缩水 suō shuǐ to shrink (in the wash)縮水
紧缩 jǐn suō to curtail緊縮
蜷缩 quán suō to curl up蜷縮
缩影 suō yǐng microcosm縮影
压缩机 yā suō jī compactor壓縮機
畏缩 wèi suō to cower畏縮
伸缩 shēn suō flexible伸縮
浓缩铀 nóng suō yóu enriched uranium濃縮鈾
通货紧缩 tōng huò jǐn suō deflation通貨緊縮
缩手缩脚 suō shǒu suō jiǎo bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained縮手縮腳
收缩压 shōu suō yā systolic blood pressure收縮壓
龟缩 guī suō to withdraw龜縮
畏缩不前 wèi suō bù qián to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance畏縮不前

suō Decomposition & Compounds

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suō Decomposition

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