短
Meaning
duǎn duan3
- short
- brief
- to lack
- weak point
- fault
Example sentences
- Is there a shorter road to get there?
- I wonder which way is the shortest.
- Three months is too short a time to finish the experiment.
- All his sentences are short.
HSK words with 短
- 短信duǎnxìntext message
- 短期duǎnqīshort term
- 短裤duǎnkùshort pants
- 短处duǎnchùshortcoming
- 缩短suōduǎnto curtail
- 短片duǎnpiànshort film
- 长短chángduǎnlength
- 短暂duǎnzànof short duration; brief; momentary
- 简短jiǎnduǎnbrief (statement, summary etc)
- 短缺duǎnquēshortage
- 短促duǎncùshort in time
- 一长一短yīchángyīduǎntalking endlessly; long-winded