簡縮

Chinese

		simple	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (簡縮)		簡	縮
simp. (简缩)		简	缩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnsuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan² suk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kán-sok / kán-siok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnsuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnsuo
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-so¹
    • Yale: jyǎn-swō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeansuo
    • Palladius: цзяньсо (czjanʹso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan² suk¹
    • Yale: gáan sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan² suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan² sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-sok
    • Tâi-lô: kán-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafnsog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-siok
    • Tâi-lô: kán-siok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafnsiog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔk̚³²/

Verb

簡縮

1. to condense; to simplify; to reduce

Adjective

簡縮

1. simple; uncomplicated

   • 開始時，他們只好因陋就簡地用簡縮的大拇指去完成這一切。 [MSC, trad.]
     开始时，他们只好因陋就简地用简缩的大拇指去完成这一切。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2014, 吴相钰 (Wu Xiangyu); 陈守良 (Chen Shouliang); 葛明德 (Ge Mingde), chief editors, 《陈阅增普通生物学》 [Chen Yuezeng General Biology], 4th edition, Beijing: Higher Education Press, →ISBN , page 364

     Kāishǐ shí, tāmen zhǐhǎo yīnlòujiùjiǎn de yòng jiǎnsuō de dàmǔzhǐ qù wánchéng zhè yīqiè. [Pinyin]

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