I am reading short stories.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
短篇小说
short story
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
short story
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 短篇小说 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 短篇小说 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom is reading a short story.
I have been busy writing a short story.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 短篇小说.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 短篇小说.
Directly before
- 在读短篇小说2
- 一部短篇小说1
- 一本短篇小说1
- 写短篇小说1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
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 短篇小说
What does 短篇小说 mean in Chinese?
短篇小说 (duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō) means short story.
How do you pronounce 短篇小说?
短篇小说 is pronounced duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō.
Is 短篇小说 an HSK word?
短篇小说 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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