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收缩

shōu suō · shou suo

Traditional 收縮

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to pull back
  2. to shrink
  3. to contract
  4. (physiology) systole
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  1. Dengdeng

    气球(qìqiú)怎么(zěnme)变(biàn)小(xiǎo)了(le)？

    Why did the balloon get smaller?

  2. Liangliang

    天气(tiānqì)冷(lěng)，里面(lǐmiàn)的(de)空气(kōngqì)收缩(shōusuō)了(le)。

    It is cold, and the air inside contracts.

  3. Dengdeng

    收缩(shōusuō)？

    Contracts?

  4. Liangliang

    就是(jiùshì)变小(biànxiǎo)。你(nǐ)把(bǎ)它(tā)放(fàng)到(dào)暖和(nuǎnhuo)的(de)地方(dìfang)。

    It means getting smaller. Put it somewhere warm.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)放(fàng)在(zài)暖气(nuǎnqì)旁边(pángbiān)。

    OK, I will put it next to the heater.

  6. Liangliang

    你看(nǐkàn)，它(tā)又(yòu)变大(biàndà)了(le)！

    Look, it is getting bigger again!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

金(jīn)属(shǔ)冷(lěng)却(què)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)会(huì)收(shōu)缩(suō)。

Metals contract when they cool.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by LeviHighway · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

天(tiān)气(qì)变(biàn)冷(lěng)，水(shuǐ)管(guǎn)收(shōu)缩(suō)，容(róng)易(yì)破(pò)裂(liè)。

When the weather turns cold, water pipes contract and are prone to bursting.

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