压缩 yāsuō▶ comprimir

Stroke order

压缩 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 压 — 6 strokes
• 缩 — 14 strokes

Related words

• 压制Suprimir
• 压抑oprimir; dominar
• 压榨prensa
• 压迫Opresión
• 收缩encogerse, reducirse
• 气压presión

压缩 is pronounced yāsuō and means “comprimir”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 压缩 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.