缩
水

To shrink (in the wash) in Chinese: 缩水 (suō shuǐ)

suō shuǐ

to shrink (in the wash)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 縮水1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to shrink (in the wash)
  2. 2fig. to shrink (of profits etc)

Stroke order

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缩
水

Zhuyin

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ㄙㄨㄛ

suō

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄕㄨㄟˇ

shuǐ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

缩水

Simplified

縮水

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这件衣服洗过以后缩水了。

    zhè jiàn yī fu xǐ guò yǐ hòu suō shuǐ le。

    This piece of clothing shrank after washing.

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Related words

水

shuǐ

water

缩

suō

to withdraw

水果

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

胶水

jiāo shuǐ

glue

缩短

suō duǎn

to curtail

缩小

suō xiǎo

to reduce

药水

yào shuǐ

medicine in liquid form

凉水

liáng shuǐ

cool water

海水

hǎi shuǐ

seawater

开水

kāi shuǐ

boiled water

泪水

lèi shuǐ

teardrop

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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