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缩短

suō duǎn

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

缩短 (suō duǎn) means "to shorten (time/length)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 缩短 means

1. to shorten; to reduce; to curtail

The characters in 缩短

• 缩suōto withdraw; to pull back; to contract
• 短duǎnshort; brief; to lack

Example sentences

• 别吸烟。吸烟可能缩短你的阴茎。
  Bié xīyān. xīyān kěnéng suōduǎn nǐ de yīnjīng.
  Don't smoke. Smoking can shorten your penis.
• 有人告诉过我，我们每抽一根烟，寿命就会缩短七分钟。
  Yǒurén gàosu guo wǒ, wǒmen měi chōu yī gēn yān, shòumìng jiù huì suōduǎn qī fēnzhōng.
  Someone told me that every cigarette you smoke takes seven minutes away from your life.

Where 缩短 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 duǎn correctly.
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