縮	1433A40   93B.41-5	部居	畫數  17	ㄙㄨˋ [su4]  (*ㄙㄨㄛˊ [suo2] ).
V	(sp. pr. *[suo2]) (1)  To shrink: 縮小，縮短 [su4xiao3], [su4duan3]↓; 伸縮 stretch and shrink; 伸縮性 flexibility; 緊縮 adj., tight, v.t., to retrench (economy): 緊縮政策 policy of retrenchment; 縮手縮腳 to shrink from doing s.t.; 縮頭縮腦 to hide from sight (as in peeping), to shrink away from situation. (2)  To economize: 縮衣節食 to economize on food and clothing; 縮本 a condensed edition (of a book).
Adj	Short (of cash): 縮於財用 lacking in funds.
Words	1.縮地 [su4di4], v.i., (myth.) magic of shortening distance, by calling forth a distant place at will.  2.縮短 [su4duan3], (sp. pr. [sou2su4]), v.t., to shorten (s.t.).  3.縮額 [su4e4], v. i., to knit the brows.  4.縮合 [su4he0], v.i., (chem.) to condense.  5.縮酒 [su4jiu3], v.i., (AC) to pass wine through cloth as filter.  6.縮小 [su4xiao3], (sp. pr. *[sou2xiao3]), v.i. & t., to shrink, condense.  7.縮寫 [su4xie3], n., abbreviation.  8.縮手 [su4shou3], v.i., to fold one's hands (helplessly).  9.縮印 [su4yin4], n. & v.t., to print (books, etc.) on a reduced scale; edition in reduced size.