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短处

短处 (duǎn chù): Shortcoming (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

短处 consists of 2 characters.

place, location; department, office

Word Info

Pinyinduǎn chù

Meaningshortcoming

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 5

SyntaxNoun

Word短处

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 短处.

Words with 短

短裤duǎn kùHSK 3
短信duǎn xìnHSK 4
短期duǎn qīHSK 5
缩短suō duǎnHSK 5
短促duǎn cùHSK 6
短缺duǎn quēHSK 6
长短cháng duǎnHSK 6
短暂duǎn zànHSK 7-9

Words with 处

到处dào chùHSK 4
坏处huài chuHSK 4
好处hǎo chuHSK 4
四处sì chùHSK 5
处于chǔ yúHSK 5
处理chǔ lǐHSK 5
相处xiāng chǔHSK 5
长处

cháng chù

HSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 短处

měi每

gè个

rén人

dōu都

yǒu有

zì自

jǐ己

de的

duǎn短

chù处

。

Everyone has their own shortcomings

měi每

gè个

rén人

dōu都

yǒu有

zì自

jǐ己

de的

cháng长

chù

处

hé和

duǎn短

chù处

。

Everyone has their own strengths and shortcomings.