短

Pinyin: duǎn

short; brief; to lack; weak point

🏮 Chinese HSK 3 adjective

Example sentence

那条裙子是不是太短了?

Nà tiáo qúnzi shì bù shì tài duǎn le?

Isn't that skirt too short?

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What 短 means

短 (duǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “short; brief; to lack; weak point”. It appears in the HSK 3 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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