长
短

Length in Chinese: 长短 (cháng duǎn)

cháng duǎn

length

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 長短1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1length
  2. 2accident; mishap
  3. 3right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits

Stroke order

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长
短

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ㄔㄤˊ

cháng

ㄔ/ chㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄨㄢˇ

duǎn

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

长短

Simplified

長短

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 这两根绳子的长短不一样。

    zhè liǎng gēn shéng zi de cháng duǎn bù yí yàng。

    These two ropes are of different lengths.

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Related words

长

cháng

length

短

duǎn

short

校长

xiào zhǎng

(college, university) president

增长

zēng zhǎng

to grow

长城

cháng chéng

the Great Wall

长江

cháng jiāng

Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang

成长

chéng zhǎng

to mature

短信

duǎn xìn

text message

缩短

suō duǎn

to curtail

延长

yán cháng

to prolong

长途

cháng tú

long distance

班长

bān zhǎng

class monitor

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