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缩小

suō xiǎo

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 縮小

缩小 (suō xiǎo) means "to shrink (size/scope)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 缩小 means

1. to reduce; to decrease; to shrink

The characters in 缩小

• 缩suōto withdraw; to pull back; to contract
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few

Words starting with 缩小

• 缩小模型suō xiǎo mó xíngminiature

Where 缩小 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Victory, Abbreviation & Whole (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read suō xiǎo correctly.
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