# 缩短 (suōduǎn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 缩短 (suōduǎn) means “to shorten”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to shorten
- Pinyin: suōduǎn (suo1 duan3)
- Traditional: 縮短
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 新地铁开通后，缩短了上班的时间。
  Xīn dìtiě kāitōng hòu, suōduǎn le shàngbān de shíjiān.
  Opening the new subway line shortened the time to go to work.

## Characters

- [缩](https://hanziro.com/word/suo-shrink/) (suō): to shrink; to pull back
- [短](https://hanziro.com/word/duan-short/) (duǎn): short (length)

https://hanziro.com/word/suo-duan-shorten/

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