# 缩水 (suōshuǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 缩水 (suōshuǐ) means “to shrink; to dwindle”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to shrink; to dwindle
- Pinyin: suōshuǐ (suo1 shui3)
- Traditional: 縮水
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这件毛衣洗后缩水了。
  Zhè jiàn máoyī xǐ hòu suōshuǐ le.
  This sweater shrank after being washed.

## Characters

- [缩](https://hanziro.com/word/suo-shrink/) (suō): to shrink; to pull back
- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water

https://hanziro.com/word/suo-shui-shrink/

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