VocabularyHSK 3 · core

短

duǎn

short (length)

Part of speech · adjective

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Examples

  1. 头发太短了。
    Hair too short.
  2. 一段路。
    A stretch of road.

Collocations

很短一段一段路

Mnemonic

Slug "duan" covers 短 duǎn (short, 3rd tone) and 段 duàn (section/paragraph, 4th tone). 短 ↔ 长 (long). 段 = measure for paragraphs, road segments, periods of time.

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