Compress in Chinese
to compress · HSK 6
压缩
- 压 to press
- 缩 to shrink
我把文件压缩后发给你。 I'll compress the file and send it to you.
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How do you say compress in Chinese?
Compress in Chinese is 压缩 (yā suō).
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