Chinese word

紧缩

Pronunciation

Pinyinjǐn suō

Meaning

  • verbcut back

Example

公司为了应对危机正在紧缩开支。gōng sī wèi le yìng duì wēi jī zhèng zài jǐn suō kāi zhī

The company is cutting back on expenses to deal with the crisis.

Illustration for 紧缩 (cut back)

More examples

银行开始紧缩信贷，企业融资难度上升。yín háng kāi shǐ jǐn suō xìn dài qǐ yè róng zī nán dù shàng shēng

The bank began tightening credit, making it harder for businesses to get financing.

Core concept

Makes spending, operations, or an overall scale smaller by tightening control and removing excess.

Common phrases

  • 紧缩信贷jǐn suō xìn dài

    tighten credit

  • 紧缩措施jǐn suō cuò shī

    austerity measures

  • 紧缩成本jǐn suō chéng běn

    cut costs

Similar words

节省jié shěng: Reducing the use of money, time, or resources in order to save them.
缩减suō jiǎn: Cutting back the scale, scope, quantity, or cost of something.
减少jián shǎo: Causing a quantity or number to become less.
缩小suō xiǎo: Reducing the size, area, or range of something.

Definition in Chinese

采取紧缩措施，减少支出或规模，使数量或幅度变小。cái qǔ jǐn suō cuò shī jián shǎo zhī chū huò guī mó shǐ shù liàng huò fú dù biàn xiǎo

Word origin

紧 (jǐn, "tighten") + 缩 (suō, "shrink") combine to express bringing spending or the scale of activity into a smaller range.

Usage tips

  • For a person's own spending, everyday Chinese often uses simpler wording than this policy-like verb, which suits company and economic decisions especially well.

Other meanings

  • tightenverb
  • shrinkverb

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