短
Meanings
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- 1.short
- 2.brief
- 3.to lack
- 4.weak point
- 5.fault
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Wiktionary
- 1.short (of distance)
- 2.short (of time); brief
- 3.short (in stature)
- 4.deficient; lacking
- 5.weakness; shortcoming; mistake
- 6.to text; to send a text message to
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *toːnʔ): semantic 矢 + phonetic 豆 (OC *doːs). The Proto-Min reconstructed form is *toiᴮ (Bodman, 1980). The relationship of this to the -n forms in other dialects is unclear and two theories exist: * Old Chinese *tˤorʔ divergently developed into (1) *toj in southeastern China, and (2) *ton elsewhere (Baxter and Sagart, 2014). Compare also: ** 端 (OC *tˤor) vs 瑞 (OC *[d]or-s) ** 算 (OC *[s]ˤorʔ-s) ** 卵 (OC *k.rˤorʔ). * Proto-Min may represent the original Old Chinese form, and the forms in other Chinese varieties are due to confusion with 斷 (OC *toːnʔ, *toːns, *doːnʔ, “to cut”) (Schuessler, 2007). STEDT sets up two roots for this: Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(j)u(ŋ/n) (“short”), whence Burmese တောင်း (taung:, “short (as in garment)”), and *dəw (“short”), whence Burmese တို (tui, “short”), Mizo tawi (“short”).
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Example sentences
短回答是是。
The short answer is yes.
我喜歡短詩。
I like short poems.
船被用短繩繫著。
The boat was tied with a short line.
兔子有长耳朵和短尾巴。
A rabbit has long ears and a short tail.
兔子有长耳朵和短尾巴。
Rabbits have long ears and short tails.
我该用短一点的用户名的。
I should've chosen a shorter username.
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