shorten; curtail; cut down (v.)
HSK 5
Traditional
縮短
Radicals
Stroke order
Examples
他们决定缩短假期。 tāmen juédìng suōduǎn jiàqī. - They decided to shorten the vacation.
这段视频需要缩短。 zhè duàn shìpín xūyào suōduǎn. - This video needs to be shortened.
他们在项目进度上成功缩短了时间。 tāmen zài xiàngmù jìndù shàng chénggōng suōduǎn le shíjiān. - They successfully shortened the time on the project schedule.
为了增加效率，我们需要缩短会议时间。 wèile zēngjiā xiàolǜ, wǒmen xūyào suōduǎn huìyì shíjiān. - To increase efficiency, we need to shorten the meeting time.
我们必须缩短交付的时间。 wǒmen bìxū suōduǎn jiāofù de shíjiān. - We must shorten the delivery time.
Characters
短 duǎn - short | HSK 3
缩 suō - shrink, contract; recoil, draw back; economize, reduce (the expense) |