短 duǎn

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Traditional form

短 duǎn

Contains the radical

矢 shǐ

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

dart

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰矢豆

Semantic compound

矢 shǐ

Phonetic compound

豆 dòu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 shǐ represents the meaning and 豆 dòu represents the sound.

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自从 zìcóng 我 wǒ 把 bǎ 头发 tóufa 剪短以来 yǐlái ,它 tā 好 hǎo 梳理 shū lǐ 多 duō 了 le .

My hair is much more manageable since I had it cut short.

主 zhǔ 片 piān 开映 kāi yìng 之前 zhī qián 有 yǒu 几 jī 部 bù 短片 duǎn piàn .

There are a couple of shorts on before the main film.

她 tā 因为 yīnwèi 回答 huídá 得 dé 太 tài 简短 jiǎn duǎn 而 ér 被 bèi 给 gěi 低 dī 分 fēn .

She was marked down because her answers were too short.

那 Nā 个 gè 大嘴巴 dà zuǐ ba 总是 zǒngshì 东 Dōng 家长 jiā zhǎng ,西家短 duǎn ,嚼 jué 舌 shé 嚼个不停 tíng .

That blabbermouth always gossips about other people's affairs.

平壤 Píng rǎng 于 Yú 周五 Zhōu wǔ 在 zài 其 qí 东 Dōng 海岸 hǎi àn 曾 Zēng 发射 fāshè 了 le 一 yī 枚 Méi 短程 duǎn chéng 导弹 dǎodàn .

On Friday, Pyongyang also fired a short - range missile off its east coast.

Explore 20 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 短 duǎn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
短 duǎn	short	短 duǎn
短期 duǎn qī	short term	短期 duǎn qī
短暂 duǎn zàn	brief	短暫
短裤 duǎn kù	shorts	短褲
短线 duǎn xiàn	short term	短線
缩短 suōduǎn	to curtail	縮短
简短 jiǎn duǎn	briefly	簡短
短缺 duǎn quē	shortage	短缺 duǎn quē
长话短说 cháng huà duǎn shuō	to make a long story short (idiom)	長話短說
短路 duǎn lù	short circuit	短路 duǎn lù
短片 duǎn piàn	short film	短片 duǎn piàn
长短 cháng duǎn	length	長短
短语 duǎn yǔ	phrase	短語
三长两短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn	unexpected misfortune	三長兩短
短命 duǎn mìng	to die young	短命 duǎn mìng
短篇小说 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō	short story	短篇小說
短讯 duǎn xùn	SMS	短訊
短程 duǎn chéng	short range	短程 duǎn chéng
短跑 duǎn pǎo	sprint (race)	短跑 duǎn pǎo
短处 duǎn chù	defect	短處