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短期 (duǎn qī): Short term (Noun, Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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短 • duǎn • short • HSK 3.0 · L3
HSK 3.0 · L3
duǎn
短
short
期 • qī • a period of time; to expect or hope for • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
qī
期
a period of time; to expect or hope for
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Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 短期.
Words with
短
短裤
duǎn kù
short pants
短信
duǎn xìn
text message; SMS
短处
duǎn chù
shortcoming
缩短
suō duǎn
shorten; curtail; cut down
短促
duǎn cù
very brief; pressed for time; short
短缺
duǎn quē
shortage
长短
cháng duǎn
length
短暂
duǎn zàn
brief / short-lived
Words with
期
星期
xīng qī
week
星期天
Xīng qī tiān
Sunday
星期日
Xīng qī rì
Sunday
假期
jià qī
vacation
学期
xué qī
school term; semester
期中
qī zhōng
interim
期末
qī mò
end of term
中期
zhōng qī
middle (of a period of time)
4.
Example Sentences with 短期
wǒ
我
jì
计
huà
划
cān
参
jiā
加
yī
一
gè
个
duǎn
短
qī
期
de
的
hàn
汉
yǔ
语
péi
培
xùn
训
kè
课
chéng
程
。
I plan to attend a short-term Chinese language training course.
tā
他
cóng
从
wèi
未
jiāng
将
mù
目
guāng
光
jú
局
xiàn
限
yú
于
yǎn
nǐ
你
men
们
shì
是
fǒu
否
tí
提
gōng
供
duǎn
短
qī
期
zū
租
yóu
由
yú
于
jiàn
健
kāng
康
yuán
原
yīn
因
，
tā
他
duǎn
短
suī
虽
rán
然
xiàn
现
rèn
任
fāng
方
àn
案
cún
存
zài
在
zhēng
争
yì
眼
qián
前
de
的
duǎn
短
qī
期
lì
利
yì
益
。
He has never confined his vision to the short-term interests at hand.
lìn
赁
fú
服
wù
务
，
bǐ
比
rú
如
yī
一
gè
个
yuè
月
？
Do you offer short-term rental services, such as for one month?
qī
期
nèi
内
wú
无
fǎ
法
chóng
重
fǎn
返
gōng
工
zuò
作
gǎng
岗
wèi
位
。
Due to health reasons, he cannot return to work in the short term.
议
，
dàn
但
duǎn
短
qī
期
nèi
内
bú
不
huì
会
gēng
更
gǎi
改
。
Although the current plan is controversial, it will not be changed in the short term.
