yā​suō HSK7

to reduce

  • created sense approved 压缩/壓縮 · yā​suō · to compress — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    压缩 / 壓縮

    yā​suō

    to compress

    to compress or condense something by applying pressure; compression

    压 (literal) → 压/壓 · yā · to press 缩 (literal) → 缩/縮 · suō · to shrink

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 压缩/壓縮 · yā​suō · to reduce — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    压缩 / 壓縮

    yā​suō

    to reduce

    to cut back or reduce the scale or amount of something, such as expenses or personnel

    压 (literal) → 压/壓 · yā · to control 缩 (literal) → 缩/縮 · suō · to economize

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense