Add to Chrome (opens the Chrome Web Store in a new tab)

What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 缩短 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

缩短 suōduǎn

to shorten; to cut down

Its characters

  1. 缩 suō to reduce
  2. 短 duǎn short

In a sentence

这条新路缩短了我们上班的时间。 This new road has shortened our commute to work.

More about 缩短

More words with 缩 or 短

Keep 缩短 for Review

A free account keeps it, and Review brings it back just before you’d forget it.

Look up another word

See any word in its sentence

Get a card like this for every word on any page or YouTube subtitle.

Type pinyin with tone marks

Free HSK practice tests and mock exams