Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- suō
English
- contract, draw in, reduce
- to withdraw
- to pull back
- to contract
- to shrink
- to reduce
- abbreviation
- also pr. [su4]
- unpleasant bad smell, sour or musty smell from decayed food
- to contract; to shrink
- to draw back; to withdraw; to recoil
- to withdraw from an agreement, to back out from a deal or from a challenge
粵語
- 食物腐壞後傳出嘅臭味、罨味、霉味
- 體積變細
- 收返啱啱伸出嘅嘢
- 退出合約；唔面對已經接受咗嘅挑戰
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 縮
- 縮小suk1 siu2
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
- 縮短suk1 dyun2
to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
- 壓縮aat3 suk1
to compress; compression
- 收縮sau1 suk1
to pull back
- 縮寫suk1 se2
abbreviation
- 緊縮gan2 suk1
(economics) to reduce
- 縮減suk1 gaam2
to cut
- 縮水suk1 seoi2
to shrink (in the wash)
- 萎縮wai2 suk1
to wither
- 退縮teoi3 suk1
to shrink back; to cower
- 濃縮nung4 suk1
to concentrate; to condense
- 縮影suk1 jing2
miniature version of sth
- 伸縮san1 suk1
to lengthen and shorten
- 縮開suk1 hoi1
(verb) dodge; sidestep; to avoid; to evade; to keep away from
- 縮數suk1 sou3
stingy and scheming selfishly; petty shrewdness; bean counter
- 度縮dok6 suk1
(adj.) to describe someone who is not willing to spend money;a cheapskate; to be tight with money; stingy
- 通縮tung1 suk1
(economics) deflation (abbr. for 通貨緊縮|通货紧缩[tong1 huo4 jin3 suo1])
- 古縮gu2 suk1
(adjective) old-fashioned; conservative; introverted; reticent
- 縮皮suk1 pei2
reduce on costs or expenditure (spoken)
- 縮沙suk1 saa1
(slang) to get cold feet; to renege; (of something) to chicken out; to give up
- 縮編suk1 pin1
to downsize (an organization, military unit etc)
- 縮印suk1 jan3
to reprint (a book etc) in a smaller format
- 宮縮gung1 suk1
contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)
- 縮細suk1 sai3
Narrowing; to shrink; to reduce