縮短
simp缩短suk1 dyun2suo1duan3suō duǎn
English
- to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
- (verb) Shorten
- to shorten; to cut short; to cut down
粵語 — Cantonese
- 令一樣嘢嘅長度變短啲
Examples
粵語人被指因為慣咗自己母語係冇複輔音嘅,所以講英文嗰時成日將一串複輔音「縮短,攞走咗其中一啲輔音」。
Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY
别吸烟。吸烟可能缩短你的阴茎。
Don't smoke. Smoking can shorten your penis.
Tatoeba · iiujik CC BY
有人告訴過我,我們每抽一根煙,壽命就會縮短七分鐘。
Someone told me that every cigarette you smoke takes seven minutes away from your life.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
縮短篇幅
to cut down the number of pages
縮短工作時間
to shorten the working period
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk