I spilled jam on the electric outlet and there was a short circuit.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
短路
short circuit
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
short circuit
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 短路 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 短路 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I think this lamp has a short because the light comes on only if I jiggle the cord.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 短路.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 短路.
Directly before
- 盏灯短路1
- 上短路1
Directly after
- 短路了2
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 短路
What does 短路 mean in Chinese?
短路 (duǎnlù) means short circuit.
How do you pronounce 短路?
短路 is pronounced duǎnlù.
Is 短路 an HSK word?
短路 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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