"to shrink in" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
缩紧縮緊	suō jǐn	to tighten / to contract / to shrink in

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
缩小縮小	suō xiǎo	to reduce / to decrease / to shrink	syn
退缩退縮	tuì suō	to shrink back / to cower	syn
收缩收縮	shōu suō	to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole	syn
缩水縮水	suō shuǐ	to shrink (in the wash) / fig. to shrink (of profits etc)	syn
退却退卻	tuì què	to retreat / to shrink back	syn
无恶不作無惡不作	wú è bù zuò	not to shrink from any crime (idiom) / to commit any imaginable misdeed
拉稀	lā xī	(coll.) to have diarrhea / to shrink back / to cower	syn
瑟缩瑟縮	sè suō	to curl up shivering (from cold) / timid and trembling (in fear) / to shrink / to cower	syn
望而却步望而卻步	wàng ér què bù	lit. to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) / fig. to be deterred	syn
热缩管熱縮管	rè suō guǎn	heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires)
缩縮	suō	to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]	syn
逡	qūn	to shrink back (from sth)
畏缩不前畏縮不前	wèi suō bù qián	to shrink back in fear (idiom) / too cowardly to advance	syn
鞧	qiū	crupper / leather strap / (dialect) to draw back / to shrink
不避艰险不避艱險	bù bì jiān xiǎn	shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger / make light of difficulties and dangers	syn
缩成縮成	suō chéng	to shrink into
冷缩配合机冷縮配合機		shrink fit machine
临阵退缩臨陣退縮	lín zhèn tuì suō	to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom) / to get cold feet
抽水	chōu shuǐ	to pump water / (coll.) to shrink in the wash	syn

The four tones