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縮小

to reduce

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

suo1xiao3 • suōxiǎo

Meaning

Primary

to reduce

Alternatives

reduce, reduces, reducing, reduced, to strink, shrink

Mnemonic

縮小 To reduce something is 縮 to shrink it in order to make it more 小 small.

Usage

運動 可以 幫助 縮小 腰圍。

Exercise can help reduce waist size.

你 能 把 這 張 圖片 的 尺寸 縮小 嗎？

Can you reduce the dimensions of this picture?

縮小 計畫 範圍

reduce the scope of the plan