缩

suō

contract, draw in, reduce

How to write 缩, stroke by stroke

to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [su4]

Pictophonetic: semantic 纟 (thread), phonetic 宿

Made of 纟 + 宿

缩小suō xiǎoto reduce; to decrease; to shrink
退缩tuì suōto shrink back; to cower
收缩shōu suōto pull back; to shrink; to contract; (physiology) systole
缩写suō xiěabbreviation; to abridge
缩短suō duǎnto shorten; to reduce; to curtail
压缩yā suōto compress; compression
萎缩wěi suōto wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
缩减suō jiǎnto cut; to reduce
缩水suō shuǐto shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
畏缩wèi suōto cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil
微缩wēi suōcompact; micro-; miniature; to miniaturize
蜷缩quán suōto curl up; to huddle; to cower; cringing

请记住这些缩写。
qǐng jì zhù zhè xiē suō xiě 。
Please memorise these abbreviations.
金属冷却的时候会收缩。
jīn shǔ lěng què de shí hòu huì shōu suō 。
Metals contract when they cool.
别吸烟。吸烟可能缩短你的阴茎。
bié xī yān 。 xī yān kě néng suō duǎn nǐ de yīn jīng 。
Don't smoke. Smoking can shorten your penis.
蜗牛缩进壳里去了。
wō niú suō jìn ké lǐ qù le 。
The snail retreated into its shell.
蜗牛把触角缩了回去。
wō niú bǎ chù jiǎo suō le huí qù 。
The snail drew in its feelers.