简
短

Brief (statement, summary etc) in Chinese: 简短 (jiǎn duǎn)

jiǎn duǎn

brief (statement, summary etc)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 簡短1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1brief (statement, summary etc)
  2. 2briefly
  3. 3brevity

Stroke order

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简
短

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ㄐㄧㄢˇ

jiǎn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄨㄢˇ

duǎn

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

简短

Simplified

簡短

Traditional

Example sentences

See 简短 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他的发言很简短，只用了几分钟。

    tā de fā yán hěn jiǎn duǎn， zhī yòng le jǐ fēn zhōng。

    His speech was very brief, taking only a few minutes.

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Related words

短

duǎn

short

简单

jiǎn dān

simple

短信

duǎn xìn

text message

简历

jiǎn lì

curriculum vitae (CV)

简直

jiǎn zhí

simply

缩短

suō duǎn

to curtail

短处

duǎn chù

shortcoming

短裤

duǎn kù

short pants

短期

duǎn qī

short term

短片

duǎn piàn

short film

简介

jiǎn jiè

summary

长短

cháng duǎn

length

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