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收缩

shōu suō

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 收縮

收缩 (shōu suō) means "to pull back; to shrink; to contract". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 收缩 means

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

The characters in 收缩

• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect
• 缩suōto withdraw; to pull back; to contract

Example sentences

• 水果放久了，就会收缩。
  Shuǐguǒ fàng jiǔ le, jiù huì shōusuō.
  Fruit that has been left for a long time will shrink.
• 金属冷却的时候会收缩。
  Metals contract when they cool.

Words starting with 收缩

• 收缩压shōu suō yāsystolic blood pressure

Words containing 收缩

• 心脏收缩压xīn zàng shōu suō yāsystolic blood pressure

Where 收缩 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shí–shū (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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