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短时间

duǎnshíjiān

short term

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

short term

02

short time

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 短时间 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 短时间 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

不可能短时间内学会英语。bù kě néng duǎn shí jiān nèi xué huì yīng yǔ。

It is impossible to master English in a short time.

短时间内掌握英语是很重要的。duǎn shí jiān nèi zhǎng wò yīng yǔ shì hěn zhòng yào de。

It is very important to master English in short time.

这个案件可能不会在短时间内就解决。zhè ge àn jiàn kě néng bú huì zài duǎn shí jiān nèi jiù jiě jué。

This case might not get resolved for a while.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 短时间.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 短时间.

Directly before

  • 在短时间2
  • 只是短时间1
  • 很短时间1
  • 可能短时间1
  • 极短时间1

Directly after

  • 短时间内6
  • 短时间地被1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 短时间

What does 短时间 mean in Chinese?

短时间 (duǎnshíjiān) means short term.

How do you pronounce 短时间?

短时间 is pronounced duǎnshíjiān.

Is 短时间 an HSK word?

短时间 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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