蜷縮

See also: 蜷缩

Chinese

		Melania libertina; wriggle (as a worm)	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (蜷縮)		蜷	縮
simp. (蜷缩)		蜷	缩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quánsuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ suk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quánsuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuánsuo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-so¹
    • Yale: chywán-swō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuansuo
    • Palladius: цюаньсо (cjuanʹso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyun⁴ suk¹
    • Yale: kyùhn sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ sʊk̚⁵/

Verb

蜷縮

1. to huddle; to curl up

   室外非常寒冷，大家都把身體蜷縮起來保暖。 [MSC, trad.]
   室外非常寒冷，大家都把身体蜷缩起来保暖。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shìwài fēicháng hánlěng, dàjiā dōu bǎ shēntǐ quánsuō qǐlai bǎonuǎn. [Pinyin]

   It's freezing outside, everyone huddle together to keep warm.