The Chinese word for short is
短
duǎn
Chinese Definition
| short | |
| 1. 形容词. 短 |
Translations for short and their definitions
| 短 | |
| 1. short (of distance) | |
| Antonyms: 長 | |
| 2. short (of time); brief | |
| 3. (literary or Wu) short (in stature) | |
| 4. deficient; lacking | |
| 5. weakness; shortcoming; mistake |
| 矮 | |
| 1. (of stature) short | |
| Antonyms: 高 | |
| 他 個gè子zi 矮。 - He is short. | |
| 2. low (of less than normal height) | |
| 矮 牆 - low wall - | |
| 張 凳 太 矮 喇。 - The chair is too low. | |
| 3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to fall short (compared to someone else) |
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