No. 364 in Chinese
短
Short.
In a sentence
这条裤子太短了。
These pants are too short.
短 is used as an adjective to describe the length of the pants.
他的演讲很短但很有趣。
His speech was short but interesting.
短 is used as an adjective to describe the duration of the speech.
在短时间内，他完成了任务。
He completed the task in a short amount of time.
短 is used as an adjective to describe a brief period of time.
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