BRIEF   

SMALL RELATED TO TIME USED TO EXPRESS SOMETHING.
SHORTSUCCINCTCONCISE
Modern Chinese Criteria
短 短促 短暫
Hypernym
  • SMALL　LACK BIGNESS IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN. (anc: 7/0, child: 8)
  • LACK　SITUATION OF NOT HAVING, OR NOT to BEING-IN the UNIVERSE. (anc: 6/0, child: 48)
  • SITUATION　RELATION in which MANY HUMANS, FEATURES OR THINGS EXIST TOGETHER OR INTERACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 91

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.129.96

    BREF.COURT.SUCCINCT; PRECIS.CONCIS

    • Words (3 items)

    略  lüè MC: ljak OC: ɡ-raɡ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]brief account lacking in detailLZ
    • vilack in detailLZ
    短  duǎn OC: toonʔ MC: tʷɑn 3 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Ant: 長/ENDURING Cháng 長 (ant. duǎn 短 "of short duration") expresses bounded enduringness with a definite final point being typically imagined, although in cháng shēng 長生 the word refers to an unending long life.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNshort in time (life); short (in seize)
    • vitemporally: be short
    • vistativebrief
    約  yuē MC: 'jak OC: qplewɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • viactbe brief and concise (in speaking)CH