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萎缩

wěi suō

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 萎縮

萎缩 (wěi suō) means "to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 萎缩 means

1. to wither
2. to dry up (of a plant)
3. to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)

The characters in 萎缩

• 萎wěito wither; to drop; to decline
• 缩suōto withdraw; to pull back; to contract

Example sentences

• 水果放久了，就会萎缩。
  Fruit that has been left for a long time will shrink.
• 他的腿部肌肉在他卧床不起的七个月中萎缩了。
  Tā de tuǐbù jīròu zài tā wòchuáng bù qǐ de qī gè yuè zhōng wěisuō le.
  The muscles in his legs had atrophied during the seven months he was bedridden.

Words containing 萎缩

• 肌肉萎缩症jī ròu wěi suō zhèngmuscular dystrophy

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