粵

短dyun2暫zaam6

simp短暂
dyun2 zaam6duǎn zàn

English

  1. of short duration; brief; momentary
  2. (adjective) Transient
  3. short; brief; transient

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 為期唔長;時間唔多

Examples

  • 個熒幕會顯示 9 個英文字母(以一個 3 x 3 嘅格局呈現),出現嘅時間好短暫,例如 50 ms;

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 人生十分短暫。

    Life is very short.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 人们常说生命短暂。

    They often say that life is short.

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

  • 我知道生命是短暂的。

    I know that life is short.

    Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY

  • 阿德里亞諾短暫登場。

    Adriano briefly appeared.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 人生十分短暫,我們不應該浪費時間。

    Life being very short, we ought not to waste time.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 佢會到香港作短暫嘅訪問。

    He will come to Hong Kong for a short interview.

  • 一個世紀喺人類歷史入面真係好短暫。

    A century is really short in human history.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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