伸縮

Chinese

		to stretch; to extend	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (伸縮)		伸	縮
simp. (伸缩)		伸	缩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnsuō

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄙㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ suk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-sok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnsuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄙㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shensuo
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-so¹
  - Yale: shēn-swō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shensuo
  - Palladius: шэньсо (šɛnʹso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ suk¹
  - Yale: sān sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ sug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-sok
  - Tâi-lô: sin-sok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinsog
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² sɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ sɔk̚⁵/

Verb

伸縮

to stretch out and draw back; to expand and contract; to lengthen and shorten; to telescope
to be flexible; to be adjustable; to be elastic

Synonyms

(to stretch out and draw back): (Hokkien) 伸勼
(to be flexible): (Hokkien) 伸勼

Derived terms

伸縮性 / 伸缩性 (shēnsuōxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伸	縮
しん Grade: S	しゅく Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんしゅく [shìńshúkú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕɨkɯ̟]

Noun

伸(しん)縮(しゅく) • (shinshuku)

stretching or contracting
(figuratively) flexibility

Derived terms

伸縮性

Verb

伸(しん)縮(しゅく)する • (shinshuku suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 伸(しん)縮(しゅく)し (shinshuku shi), past 伸(しん)縮(しゅく)した (shinshuku shita))

expand or contract; scale up or scale down
- 2024 May 14, 長谷川敏郎 [Toshirō Hasegawa], quotee, “第213回国会　参議院　農林水産委員会　第9号　令和6年5月14日 [213th Diet House of Councilors Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee No. 9 May 14, 2024]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 20 September 2025:
  また、家族の構成員の年齢構成の変化による家族周期に合わせて農業経営を伸縮することができます。
  Mata, kazoku no kōseiin no nenrei kōsei no henka ni yoru kazoku shūki ni awasete nōgyō keiei o shinshuku suru koto ga deki masu.
  In addition, farming operations can be scaled up or down to match the family life-cycle as the age structure of family members changes.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "伸縮する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	伸縮し	しんしゅくし	shinshuku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	伸縮し	しんしゅくし	shinshuku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	伸縮する	しんしゅくする	shinshuku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	伸縮する	しんしゅくする	shinshuku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	伸縮すれ	しんしゅくすれ	shinshuku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	伸縮せよ¹ 伸縮しろ²	しんしゅくせよ¹ しんしゅくしろ²	shinshuku seyo¹ shinshuku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	伸縮される	しんしゅくされる	shinshuku sareru
Causative	伸縮させる伸縮さす	しんしゅくさせるしんしゅくさす	shinshuku saseru shinshuku sasu
Potential	伸縮できる	しんしゅくできる	shinshuku dekiru
Volitional	伸縮しよう	しんしゅくしよう	shinshuku shiyō
Negative	伸縮しない	しんしゅくしない	shinshuku shinai
Negative continuative	伸縮せず	しんしゅくせず	shinshuku sezu
Formal	伸縮します	しんしゅくします	shinshuku shimasu
Perfective	伸縮した	しんしゅくした	shinshuku shita
Conjunctive	伸縮して	しんしゅくして	shinshuku shite
Hypothetical conditional	伸縮すれば	しんしゅくすれば	shinshuku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
伸	縮

Proper noun

伸縮 • (Sinchuk) (hangeul 신축)

hanja form^? of 신축 (“to stretch out and draw back; to expand and contract; to lengthen and shorten; to telescope; to be flexible; to be adjustable; to be elastic”)