| 1 | 短 | 短 | duǎn | duan3 | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault | | |
| 2 | 短期 | 短期 | duǎn qī | duan3 qi1 | short term; short-term | | |
| 3 | 短暂 | 短暫 | duǎn zàn | duan3 zan4 | of short duration; brief; momentary | | |
| 4 | 短促 | 短促 | duǎn cù | duan3 cu4 | short in time; fleeting; brief; gasping (breath); curt (tone of voice) | | |
| 5 | 短缺 | 短缺 | duǎn quē | duan3 que1 | shortage | | |
| 6 | 短语 | 短語 | duǎn yǔ | duan3 yu3 | phrase (grammar) | | |
| 7 | 短波 | 短波 | duǎn bō | duan3 bo1 | shortwave (radio) | | |
| 8 | 短篇小说 | 短篇小說 | duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | duan3 pian1 xiao3 shuo1 | short story | | |
| 9 | 短多 | 短多 | duǎn duō | duan3 duo1 | good prospects in the short term (finance) | | |
| 10 | 短空 | 短空 | duǎn kōng | duan3 kong1 | poor prospects in the short term (finance) | | |
| 11 | 短距起落飞机 | 短距起落飛機 | duǎn jù qǐ luò fēi jī | duan3 ju4 qi3 luo4 fei1 ji1 | short takeoff and landing aircraft | | |
| 12 | 短距离 | 短距離 | duǎn jù lí | duan3 ju4 li2 | short distance; a stone's throw away | | |
| 13 | 短斤少两 | 短斤少兩 | duǎn jīn shǎo liǎng | duan3 jin1 shao3 liang3 | to short-measure and short-weight | | |
| 14 | 短见 | 短見 | duǎn jiàn | duan3 jian4 | dagger; short-sighted; suicide | | |
| 15 | 短简 | 短簡 | duǎn jiǎn | duan3 jian3 | brief | | |
| 16 | 短计致贫 | 短計致貧 | duǎn jì zhì pín | duan3 ji4 zhi4 pin2 | A shortsighted scheme causes poverty. (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 短嘴山椒鸟 | 短嘴山椒鳥 | duǎn zuǐ shān jiāo niǎo | duan3 zui3 shan1 jiao1 niao3 | (bird species of China) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris) | | |
| 18 | 短耳鸮 | 短耳鴞 | duǎn ěr xiāo | duan3 er3 xiao1 | (bird species of China) short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) | | |
| 19 | 短短 | 短短 | duǎn duǎn | duan3 duan3 | Short | | |
| 20 | 短打扮 | 短打扮 | duǎn dǎ ban | duan3 da3 ban5 | shorts; tight-fitting clothes | | |
| 21 | 短粗 | 短粗 | duǎn cū | duan3 cu1 | stocky (short and robust) | | |
| 22 | 短绌 | 短絀 | duǎn chù | duan3 chu4 | shortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak points; ; to be short of; to fall short | | |
| 23 | 短程 | 短程 | duǎn chéng | duan3 cheng2 | short range | | |
| 24 | 短波长 | 短波長 | duǎn bō cháng | duan3 bo1 chang2 | short wavelength | | |
| 25 | 短兵相接 | 短兵相接 | duǎn bīng xiāng jiē | duan3 bing1 xiang1 jie1 | lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat; to fight at close quarters | | |