HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Things

短裤 duǎnkù “shorts” in Chinese

Traditional 短褲

What 短裤 means

  1. shorts
  2. short pants

How to say 短裤

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale短duǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale裤kù4th tone, falling

短裤 in a sentence

  1. 天气太热了，我想穿短裤。

    Tiānqì tài rè le, wǒ xiǎng chuān duǎnkù.

    It’s too hot. I want to wear shorts.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他穿着一条蓝色的短裤。

    Tā chuān zhe yì tiáo lánsè de duǎnkù.

    He’s wearing a pair of blue shorts.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 短裤 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 短 (duǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
短duǎnshort
  • 矢arrow · shǐMeaning part
  • 豆bean · dòuSound part

矢 hints at the meaning (arrow); 豆 (dòu) hints at the sound. Compare it with duǎn.

Memory aidArrows 矢 were once used to measure short lengths. 豆 (dòu) gives the sound: short.

The character 裤 (kù) with each of its parts in a different colour
裤kùunderpants
  • 衤clothes form of 衣 · yīMeaning part
  • 库armory · kùSound part

衤 hints at the meaning (clothes); 库 (kù) hints at the sound. Compare it with kù.

How to write 短裤

短 12 strokes · 裤 12 strokes

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短裤 (duǎnkù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 短裤 (duǎnkù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 短裤

Words with 短

短duǎn · short in length短信duǎnxìn · text message缩短suōduǎn · to shorten短促duǎncù · brief

Words with 裤

裤子kùzi · pants牛仔裤niúzǎikù · jeans

More words: Things & Objects

大衣dàyī · overcoat箱子xiāngzi · box耳机ěrjī · headphones上衣shàngyī · top洗衣机xǐyījī · washing machine牙刷yáshuā · toothbrush雨衣yǔyī · raincoat电子书diànzǐshū · e-book

FAQs

短裤 (duǎnkù) means “shorts” or “short pants”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it duǎnkù: duǎn with a 3rd tone, then kù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 短裤 is written 短褲. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duanku with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 短裤 from the suggestions. Typing duanku into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
短裤 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.