缩写

縮寫
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，简化书写繁複语词的方法。如DOS为diskoperationsystem的缩写。

重編國語辭典

  1. 截取一段音节来简化词语
  2. 拼音文字中，简化书写繁複语词的方法

維基詞典

Entry Composition

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

Containing this entry

首字母缩写 shǒuzìmǔsuōxiě acronym

Related entries

略称 lüèchēng abbreviation
略语 lüèyǔ abbreviation
省称 shěngchēng abbreviation
节略 jiélüè abbreviation
简缩 jiǎnsuō
  1. abbreviation
  2. short form
缩约 suōyuē
  1. contraction (in grammar)
  2. abbreviation
缩略 suōlüè
  1. to contract
  2. to abbreviate
  3. abbreviation
约言 yuēyán
  1. promise
  2. one's word
  3. pledge
  4. abbreviation
缩 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

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