縮短

See also: 缩短

Chinese

		to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce	lack; short
trad. (縮短)		縮	短
simp. (缩短)		缩	短

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suōduǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ dyun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-toán / sok-té / siok-toán / siok-té / sok-tér

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suōduǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suoduǎn
    • Wade–Giles: so¹-tuan³
    • Yale: swō-dwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suodoan
    • Palladius: содуань (soduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ dyun²
    • Yale: sūk dyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ dyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ dün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ tyːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-toán
    • Tâi-lô: sok-tuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokdoarn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tuan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-té
    • Tâi-lô: sok-té
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokdea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ te⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ te⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ te⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-toán
    • Tâi-lô: siok-tuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siokdoarn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tuan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-té
    • Tâi-lô: siok-té
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siokdea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ te⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ te⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-tér
    • Tâi-lô: sok-tér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tə⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

縮短

1. to shorten; to decrease in length; to decrease in distance