縮小

See also: 缩小

Chinese

		to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (縮小)		縮	小
simp. (缩小)		缩	小

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suōxiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛㄒㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ siu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sok-siáu / sok-sió / siok-siáu

(Teochew, Peng'im): sog⁸ siao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suōxiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suosiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: so¹-hsiao³
  - Yale: swō-syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suosheau
  - Palladius: сосяо (sosjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ siu²
  - Yale: sūk síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ xiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-siáu
  - Tâi-lô: sok-siáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soksiao
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siau⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siau⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-sió
  - Tâi-lô: sok-sió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soksioir
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɤ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sio⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-siáu
  - Tâi-lô: siok-siáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioksiao
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siau⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siau⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sog⁸ siao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so̍k siáu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sok̚⁴⁻² siau⁵²/

Verb

縮小

to shrink; to decrease in size

Antonyms

放大 (fàngdà)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縮	小
しゅく Grade: 6	しょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 縮 (shuku, "shrink," "reduce," "shorten") + 小 (shō, "small," "little").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕɨkɯ̟ɕo̞ː]
(Tokyo) しゅくしょー [shùkúshóó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

縮(しゅく)小(しょう) • (shukushō)

Synonyms

(condense): 凝(ぎょう)縮(しゅく) (gyōshuku)
(shortening): 短(たん)縮(しゅく) (tanshuku)
(reduction): 削(さく)減(げん) (sakugen)

Antonyms

拡(かく)大(だい) (kakudai)

Derived terms

縮小命令セットコンピュータ (shukushō meirei setto konpyūta): Reduced Instruction Set Computer
拡大縮小 (kakudai shukushō): scaling, zooming
軍備縮小 (gunbi shukushō): reduction of armaments, disarmament
景気縮小 (keiki shukushō): economic contraction
輸出縮小 (shushutsu shukushō): export reduction, export contraction
瞳孔縮小 (dōkō shukushō): pupil contraction
左心縮小術 (sashin-shukushōjutsu): reduction left ventriculoplasty, Batista procedure

Verb

縮(しゅく)小(しょう)する • (shukushō suru) suru (stem 縮(しゅく)小(しょう)し (shukushō shi), past 縮(しゅく)小(しょう)した (shukushō shita))

minify, condense
shorten
reduce, curtail, cut down
事業(じぎょう)の規模(きぼ)を縮小(しゅくしょう)した。
Jigyō no kibo o shukushō shita.
The company reduced their business.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "縮小する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	縮小し	しゅくしょうし	shukushō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	縮小し	しゅくしょうし	shukushō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	縮小する	しゅくしょうする	shukushō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	縮小する	しゅくしょうする	shukushō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	縮小すれ	しゅくしょうすれ	shukushō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	縮小せよ¹ 縮小しろ²	しゅくしょうせよ¹ しゅくしょうしろ²	shukushō seyo¹ shukushō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	縮小される	しゅくしょうされる	shukushō sareru
Causative	縮小させる縮小さす	しゅくしょうさせるしゅくしょうさす	shukushō saseru shukushō sasu
Potential	縮小できる	しゅくしょうできる	shukushō dekiru
Volitional	縮小しよう	しゅくしょうしよう	shukushō shiyō
Negative	縮小しない	しゅくしょうしない	shukushō shinai
Negative continuative	縮小せず	しゅくしょうせず	shukushō sezu
Formal	縮小します	しゅくしょうします	shukushō shimasu
Perfective	縮小した	しゅくしょうした	shukushō shita
Conjunctive	縮小して	しゅくしょうして	shukushō shite
Hypothetical conditional	縮小すれば	しゅくしょうすれば	shukushō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

縮(ちぢ)める (chijimeru)

References

“縮小”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026