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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

短词

Pronunciation / Transliteration: duǎn cí

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Short Word/ʃɔrt wɜrd/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"短词容易记住。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A word that has a small number of letters or syllables.

    "In the game of Scrabble, players often use short words to maximize their score."
  2. 2

    A term used to describe a word that is concise and easy to remember.

    "Short words like 'cat' and 'dog' are often among the first learned by children."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'short' originates from the Old English 'sceort', meaning 'not long', while 'word' comes from the Old English 'word', which has Germanic roots. The combination reflects a straightforward description of a word that has few letters or syllables.

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