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压缩

yā suō

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 壓縮

压缩 (yā suō) means "to compress; compression". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 压缩 means

1. to compress; compression

The characters in 压缩

• 压yāto press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 缩suōto withdraw; to pull back; to contract

Example sentences

• 压缩数据的算法能分为两种：一种会造成数据损失，另一种则不会。
  Yāsuō shùjù de suànfǎ néng fēnwéi liǎng zhǒng: yīzhǒng huì zàochéng shùjù sǔnshī, lìngyī zhǒng zé bù huì.
  Data compression algorithms can be classified in two categories: those with data loss and those without data loss.

Words starting with 压缩

• 压缩机yā suō jīcompactor; compressor
• 压缩包yā suō bāo(computing) compressed archive file
• 压缩器yā suō qìcompressor
• 压缩比yā suō bǐcompression ratio

Words containing 压缩

• 可压缩kě yā suōcompressible
• 解压缩jiě yā suōto decompress; decompression (esp. computer)
• 删简压缩shān jiǎn yā suōto simplify and condense (a text); abridged
• 数据压缩shù jù yā suōdata compression
• 有损压缩yǒu sǔn yā suō(computing) lossy compression

Where 压缩 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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