duǎn

  1. duǎn adjective short
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In distance (Guoyu '短' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '短' 1; NCCED '短' 1; Unihan '短')
  2. duǎn adjective deficient; lacking
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 缺少 (Guoyu '短' v 1; Kroll 2015 '短' 2; NCCED '短' 3; Unihan '短')
  3. duǎn adjective brief
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Short in time (Guoyu '短' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '短' 1; NCCED '短' 2)
  4. duǎn verb to criticize; to find deficient
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '短' v 2; Kroll 2015 '短' 2a)
  5. duǎn noun a fault; a shortcoming
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 缺点 (Guoyu '短' n)
  6. duǎn verb to rob; to steal from
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 抢劫 (Guoyu '短' v 3)

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