压缩

Traditional form:

壓縮

Pinyin (reading):

yāsuō

Definitions:

• to compress; compression

Characters:

• 压 - press; oppress; crush; pressure
• 缩 - to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation

Traditional characters:

• 壓 - press; oppress; crush; pressure
• 縮 - to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation