短暂
duǎnzàn
brief; short-lived
Characters in this word
暂 zàn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 会议中短暂的沉默，反而让每个人都意识到问题的严重性。 Huìyì zhōng duǎnzàn de chénmò, fǎn'ér ràng měi gè rén dōu yìshí dào wèntí de yánzhòngxìng. The brief silence in the meeting instead made everyone realise the seriousness of the problem.
- 夏天的夜晚很短暂，天很快就亮了。 Xiàtiān de yèwǎn hěn duǎnzàn, tiān hěn kuài jiù liàng le. Summer nights are brief, and it soon gets light.
- 我们只有短暂的休息时间，要抓紧吃饭。 Wǒmen zhǐyǒu duǎnzàn de xiūxi shíjiān, yào zhuājǐn chīfàn. We only have a short break, so we need to eat quickly.
Related words
- 短 duǎn short
- 短信 duǎnxìn text message
- 短处 duǎnchù weak point; shortcoming
- 短裤 duǎnkù shorts
- 短期 duǎnqī short-term
- 缩短 suōduǎn to shorten
- 长短 chángduǎn length, duration
- 短缺 duǎnquē shortage, to be short of
- 简短 jiǎnduǎn brief; short
- 暂时 zànshí temporary; for now
- 暂停 zàntíng to pause
- 暂 zàn temporarily; for the moment