压缩

壓縮

yāsuō

verb HSK 7-9 #15,837

Meanings

1 to compress
2 to reduce
3 to condense

Characters

to shrink; to reduce

Literally 'press and shrink' — to compress

Examples

我们需要压缩开支。

Wǒmen xūyào yāsuō kāizhī.

We need to cut expenses.

这个文件太大了，先压缩一下再发。

Zhège wénjiàn tài dà le, xiān yāsuō yīxià zài fā.

This file is too large; compress it first before sending.

Tips

usage

Used both literally (compressing gas, files) and figuratively (cutting costs, reducing time). 压缩文件 = compressed file (ZIP).

Stroke Order

压 yā

缩 suō