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长短

长短 (cháng duǎn): Length (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

长短 consists of 2 characters.

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Pinyincháng duǎn

Meaninglength

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 6

SyntaxNoun

Word长短

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Example Sentences with 长短

Qǐng请

liáng量

yí一

xià下

zhè这

tiáo条

kù裤

zi子

de的

cháng长

duǎn短

。

Please measure the length of these pants.

bù不

tóng同

wěi纬

dù度

de的

dì地

qū区

，

qí其

zhòu昼

yè夜

cháng长

duǎn短

de的

biàn变

huà化

guī规

lǜ律

yě也

gè各

bù不

xiāng相

tóng同

。

Regions at different latitudes have distinct patterns of variation in day and night length.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 长短.

Words with 长

校长xiào zhǎngHSK 3
增长zēng zhǎngHSK 4
家长jiā zhǎngHSK 4
长城Cháng chéngHSK 4
长江Cháng jiāngHSK 4
队长duì zhǎngHSK 4
院长yuàn zhǎngHSK 4
延长yán chángHSK 5

Words with 短

短裤duǎn kùHSK 3
短信duǎn xìnHSK 4
短处duǎn chùHSK 5
短期duǎn qīHSK 5
缩短suō duǎnHSK 5
短促duǎn cùHSK 6
短缺duǎn quēHSK 6
短暂

duǎn zàn

HSK 7-9