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to compress

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

ya1suo1 yāsuō

Meaning


Primary

to compress

Alternatives

compress, compressed, compresses, compressing, compression

Mnemonic


压缩 To compress something is to use 压 pressure to make it 缩 shrink in size.

Usage


请 将 这 些 文件 压缩 成 一 个 档案。

Please compress these documents into one file.

轮胎 充满 了 压缩 空气。

A car tire is full of compressed air.

我们 经常 把 垃圾 压缩。

We often compress our garbage.