Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- duǎn
English
- short
- short
- (adjective) deficient
- weak; deficient
- (of length) short
- brief
- brief
- (of time) short
- deficient, lacking
- to lack
- weak point
- fault
粵語
- 弱，不足
- 兩端嘅距離比較細
- 少量時間
As a component in
Words containing 短
- 縮短suk1 dyun2
to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
- 短暫dyun2 zaam6
of short duration; brief; momentary
- 短倉dyun2 cong1
short position (finance)
- 短期dyun2 kei4
short-term
- 短片dyun2 pin2
short film
- 短缺dyun2 kyut3
shortage
- 短篇dyun2 pin1
a short article; short stories
- 短褲dyun2 fu3
short pants
- 簡短gaan2 dyun2
brief (statement, summary etc)
- 長短coeng4 dyun2
length
- 短跑dyun2 paau2
sprint (race)
- 短傳dyun2 cyun4
short pass (in ball game)
- 短線dyun2 sin3
short term
- 短視dyun2 si6
(usually fig.) shortsighted
- 英短jing1 dyun2
British shorthair (abbr. for 英國短毛貓|英国短毛猫[Ying1 guo2 duan3 mao2 mao1])
- 短波dyun2 bo1
shortwave (radio)
- 短裙dyun2 kwan4
a mini-skirt
- 短工dyun2 gung1
temporary job
- 短語dyun2 jyu5
phrase (grammar)
- 短路dyun2 lou6
short circuit
- 短訊dyun2 seon3
SMS
- 短命dyun2 meng6
to die young
- 短處dyun2 cyu3
shortcoming
- 短促dyun2 cuk1
short in time