to pull back; to shrink; to contract; (physiology) systole

to compress; compression

to concentrate; to condense; (nuclear energy) to enrich; espresso coffee (abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡|意式浓缩咖啡[Yi4 shi4 nong2 suo1 ka1 fei1])

to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)

to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil

compact; micro-; miniature; to miniaturize

to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [su4]

to curl up; to huddle; to cower; cringing

(economics) to reduce; to curtail; to cut back; to tighten; austerity; tightening; crunch

to lengthen and shorten; flexible; adjustable; retractable; extensible; telescoping (collapsible)

to condense; to concentrate; compression; concentration

contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)

to cower; to tremble

(medicine) (verb and noun) contracture

to curl up shivering (from cold); timid and trembling (in fear); to shrink; to cower

to wrinkle; wrinkled up

abbreviation; short form

(economics) deflation (abbr. for 通貨緊縮|通货紧缩[tong1 huo4 jin3 suo1])

to withdraw; to hole up

compressible

to decompress; decompression (esp. computer)

uranium enrichment

to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom); to get cold feet

to simplify and condense (a text); abridged

data compression

(computing) lossy compression

thermal expansion and contraction

cowering; cringing

deflation