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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 收缩

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
收缩 shōu suō - to pull back
- to shrink
- to contract
- (physiology) systole

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 8 10,061 6,628 9,040

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
收 shōu- to receive
- to accept
- to collect
- to put away
- to restrain
- to stop
- in care of (used on address line after name)
缩 suō- to withdraw
- to pull back
- to contract
- to shrink
- to reduce
- abbreviation
- also pr. [su4]

Other Words Containing 收缩

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
收缩 6 8 10,061 6,628 9,040