短 duǎn short

Example sentences

这条裤子太短了。Zhè tiáo kùzi tài duǎn le.These pants are too short.
我的头发很短。Wǒ de tóufa hěn duǎn.My hair is short.

HSK 3 — the intermediate threshold: 300 new words, 600 in all. You can communicate in daily life, study and travel in China. In HSK 3.0, 短 is in band 2. HSK 3 explained

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中短means short. You might say this about your hair:中我的头发很短。

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Stroke order

短 is written in 12 strokes.

短 — the Chinese character for short (duǎn), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 短 — short

Senses

short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault

Related words

Where 短 lives

HSK 3 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 2 Practise Topic: Quantities and measures Practise Topic: Describing things Practise

短 is pronounced duǎn and means “short”.