短 (pinyin: duǎn, written "duan" or "duan") means brief, short; deficient, lacking. Below: its meaning, pronunciation, stroke order, and example sentences, so you can learn how to read, say, and write 短.
Meaning
brief, short; deficient, lacking
Stroke order
短
Examples
从上海到南宁的旅行时间将从过去的十二小时缩短到六个半小时。
cóng shàng hǎi dào nán níng de lǚ xíng shí jiān jiāng cóng guò qù de shí èr xiǎo shí suō duǎn dào liù ge bàn xiǎo shí.
Travel time from Shanghai to Nanning will be cut from the previous 12 hours to six and a half hours.