縮寫

缩写
suōxiě
  1. abbreviation
  2. to abridge

CEDICT

  1. (linguistics) abbreviation (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  2. (linguistics) contraction (process whereby one or more sounds of a word are lost or reduced)
  3. (linguistics) contraction (word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe); contracted form
  4. abbreviation (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  5. contraction (process whereby one or more sounds of a word are lost or reduced)
  6. contraction (word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe); contracted form

Wiktionary

拚音文字中，簡化書寫繁複語詞的方法。如DOS為diskoperationsystem的縮寫。

重編國語辭典

  1. 截取一段音節來簡化詞語
  2. 拼音文字中，簡化書寫繁複語詞的方法

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 縮 suō
  1. to withdraw
  2. to pull back
  3. to contract
  4. to shrink
  5. to reduce
  6. abbreviation
  7. also pr. sù
2 寫 xiě to write

Containing this entry

首字母縮寫 shǒuzìmǔsuōxiě acronym

Related entries

略稱 lüèchēng abbreviation
略語 lüèyǔ abbreviation
省稱 shěngchēng abbreviation
節略 jiélüè abbreviation
簡縮 jiǎnsuō
  1. abbreviation
  2. short form
縮約 suōyuē
  1. contraction (in grammar)
  2. abbreviation
縮略 suōlüè
  1. to contract
  2. to abbreviate
  3. abbreviation
約言 yuēyán
  1. promise
  2. one's word
  3. pledge
  4. abbreviation
縮 suō
  1. to withdraw
  2. to pull back
  3. to contract
  4. to shrink
  5. to reduce
  6. abbreviation
  7. also pr. sù
蜗牛把触角缩了回去。

The snail drew in its feelers.

Source: Tatoeba

刪減 shānjiǎn
  1. to abridge (a text)
  2. to edit out (of a movie)
  3. to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)
刪節 shānjié
  1. to abridge
  2. to cut a text down to size for publication