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短

duǎn

HSK 3 Character

What 短 means

1. short
2. brief
3. to lack
4. weak point
5. fault

Example sentences

• 燃料短缺。
  Ránliào duǎnquē.
  There was a shortage of fuel.
• 我喜欢短发。
  I like short hair.
• 我喜欢短诗。
  I like short poems.
• 短回答是是。
  The short answer is yes.
• 他喜欢穿短袜。
  Tā xǐhuan chuān duǎnwà.
  He likes wearing socks.
• 我在读短篇小说
  Wǒ zài dú duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō
  I am reading short stories.

Words starting with 短

• 短信duǎn xìntext message; SMS
• 短促duǎn cùshort in time; fleeting; brief
• 短暂duǎn zànof short duration; brief; momentary
• 短期duǎn qīshort-term
• 短裤duǎn kùshort pants; shorts
• 短语duǎn yǔphrase (grammar)
• 短文duǎn wénshort piece; article; short essay
• 短篇小说duǎn piān xiǎo shuōshort story
• 短缺duǎn quēshortage
• 短发duǎn fàshort hair
• 短片duǎn piànshort film; video clip
• 短线duǎn xiànshort term
• 短袖duǎn xiùshort sleeves; short-sleeved shirt
• 短命duǎn mìngto die young; short-lived
• 短波duǎn bōshortwave (radio)
• 短路duǎn lùshort circuit
• 短处duǎn chùshortcoming; defect; fault
• 短句duǎn jùclause
• 短跑duǎn pǎosprint (race)
• 短视duǎn shì(usually fig.) shortsighted; myopic
• 短剧duǎn jùshort play; sketch; skit; (neologism, attested by 2020) short-form video drama…
• 短传duǎn chuánshort pass (in ball game)
• 短债duǎn zhàishort-term loan
• 短多duǎn duōgood prospects in the short term (finance)

Words containing 短

• 缩短suō duǎnto shorten; to reduce; to curtail
• 简短jiǎn duǎnbrief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity
• 长短cháng duǎnlength; accident; mishap; right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
• 超短裙chāo duǎn qúnminiskirt
• 取长补短qǔ cháng bǔ duǎnlit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)…
• 扬长避短yáng cháng bì duǎnto foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom); to play to one's strengths
• 三长两短sān cháng liǎng duǎnunexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death
• 英短yīng duǎnBritish shorthair (abbr. for 英国短毛猫
• 护短hù duǎnto defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the…
• 中短债zhōng duǎn zhàishort- or medium-term loan
• 寻短见xún duǎn jiànto commit suicide
• 打短儿dǎ duǎn rcasual labor; to work for a bit
• 发短信fā duǎn xìnto send a text message
• 眼光短yǎn guāng duǎnshort-sighted
• 超短波chāo duǎn bōultra short wave (radio); UHF
• 家长家短jiā cháng jiā duǎnfamily goings-on
• 争长论短zhēng cháng lùn duǎnlit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); fig. to squabble; to argue over minor issues
• 简短介绍jiǎn duǎn jiè shàobrief introduction
• 说长道短shuō cháng dào duǎnlit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
• 论长道短lùn cháng dào duǎnlit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
• 长话短说cháng huà duǎn shuō(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief
• 东家长西家短dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎnto gossip (idiom)
• 残年短景cán nián duǎn jǐngat the end of the year (idiom)
• 人穷志短rén qióng zhì duǎnpoor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition

Characters that look like 短

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 婊biǎoprostitute
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 摁ènto press (with one's finger or hand)
• 堀kūcave; hole
• 旌jīngbanner; make manifest