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HSK 6
HSK 4
短
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
弄短
nòngduǎn
to shorten
暂短
zànduǎn
brief (in time)
浅短
qiǎnduǎn
narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill)
短促
duǎncù
short in time
短信
duǎnxìn
text message
短传
duǎnchuán
short pass (in ball game)
短债
duǎnzhài
short term loan
短剑
duǎnjiàn
dagger
短句
duǎnjù
clause
短命
duǎnmìng
to die young
短多
duǎnduō
good prospects in the short term (finance)
短少
duǎnshǎo
to be short of the full amount
短工
duǎngōng
temporary job
短指
duǎnzhǐ
brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers)
短暂
duǎnzàn
of short duration
短期
duǎnqī
short term
短板
duǎnbǎn
short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape)
短欠
duǎnqiàn
to fall short in one's payments
短歌
duǎngē
ballad
短波
duǎnbō
shortwave (radio)
Example Sentences (3)
原来寄信需要好几天，现在连邮局都不用去，只要在家里上网发个电子邮件，用不了一分钟，远处的朋友就能收到，比写信封用的时间都短。
Yuánlái jì xìn xūyào hǎo jǐ tiān, xiànzài lián yóujú dōu bùyòng qù, zhǐyào zài jiālǐ shàngwǎng fā gè diànzǐ yóujiàn, yòng bù liǎo yì fēnzhōng, yuǎnchù de péngyǒu jiù néng shōudào, bǐ xiě xìnfēng yòng de shíjiān dōu duǎn.
It used to take several days to mail a letter. Now you don’t even need to go to the post office; just go online at home and send an email; it takes less than a minute, and friends far away can receive it, which is even shorter than the time spent addressing an envelope.
Text 5
女儿变化不小，她小时候喜欢短头发，像男孩子一样。
Nǚ'ér biànhuà bù xiǎo, tā xiǎo shíhou xǐhuan duǎn tóufa, xiàng nán háizi yíyàng.
My daughter has changed a lot. When she was little, she liked short hair, like a boy.
Text 1
一个月太短了。要想减肥成功，只能坚持，才会慢慢有效果。
Yí gè yuè tài duǎn le. Yào xiǎng jiǎnféi chénggōng, zhǐ néng jiānchí, cái huì mànman yǒu xiàoguǒ.
One month is too short. To lose weight successfully, you can only stick with it; only then will you slowly see results.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 888
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,902 of 84,292