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缩短

suōduǎn
HSK 3.0 · Level 4HSK 2.0 · Level 5Traditional: 縮短

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

  1. to shorten

Stroke order

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
suō
to shrink; to pull back
Words with 缩
缩小缩紧缩浓缩伸缩收缩缩水缩影
短
duǎn
short (length)
Words with 短
短短信短处短裤短期短片长短短缺