简短 meaning in English

jiǎnduǎn

brief (statement, summary etc); briefly

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 簡短25 strokes

Meaning of 简短

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiǎnduǎn
  1. brief (statement, summary etc)
  2. briefly
  3. brevity

简短 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men简jiǎn短duǎn地dì谈tán了le谈tán。
We spoke briefly.
你nǐ能néng简jiǎn短duǎn地dì介jiè绍shào一yī下xià你nǐ自zì己jǐ吗ma?
Could you give us a brief introduction of yourself?
他tā的de演yǎn讲jiǎng简jiǎn短duǎn且qiě切qiè中zhòng要yào害hài。
His speech was short and to the point.
你nǐ回huí答dá得de这zhè么me简jiǎn短duǎn,不bù觉jué得de有yǒu点diǎn没méi礼lǐ貌mào吗ma?
Don't you think it's rude to give people such a curt reply like that?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

简 jiǎn · simple · 13 strokes

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短 duǎn · short · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 简短.

短信duǎnxìntext message; SMS
简单jiǎndānsimple; not complicated
简直jiǎnzhísimply; really
短裤duǎnkùshort pants; shorts
短期duǎnqīshort-term
短处duǎnchùshortcoming; defect
简历jiǎnlìcurriculum vitae (CV); résumé
缩短suōduǎnto shorten; to reduce; to curtail
短片duǎnpiànshort film; video clip
简介jiǎnjièsummary; brief introduction
长短chángduǎnlength; accident; mishap
短暂duǎnzànof short duration; brief; momentary

Questions about 简短

What does 简短 mean?

简短 (jiǎnduǎn) means "brief (statement, summary etc); briefly" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 简短?

简短 is made of 2 characters: 简 (13 strokes), 短 (12 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.

Is 简短 an HSK word?

Yes. 简短 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 简短 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 简短 is written 簡短.