縮suk1短dyun2

English

1. to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
2. (verb) Shorten
3. to shorten; to cut short; to cut downunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 令一樣嘢嘅長度變短啲unreviewed?

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

• unreviewed?

  縮短篇幅

  to cut down the number of pages

• unreviewed?

  縮短工作時間

  to shorten the working period