缩小

縮小

suōxiǎo

verb HSK 4 #5,286

Meanings

1 to reduce; to shrink; to decrease
2 to narrow (a gap)

Characters

to shrink; to contract

Examples

我们要缩小范围。

Wǒmen yào suōxiǎo fànwéi.

We need to narrow down the scope.

请把图片缩小一点。

Qǐng bǎ túpiàn suōxiǎo yīdiǎn.

Please make the image a bit smaller.

两个人之间的差距缩小了。

Liǎng ge rén zhījiān de chājù suōxiǎo le.

The gap between the two people has narrowed.

Tips

usage

缩小 is the opposite of 扩大 (kuòdà, to enlarge/expand). 缩小差距 = narrow the gap, 扩大差距 = widen the gap.

Stroke Order

缩 suō

小 xiǎo