| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 北美短尾鼩鼱屬 | 北美短尾鼩鼱属 | Běi Měi duǎn wěi qú jīng shǔ | American short-tailed shrew |
| 長短 | 长短 | cháng duǎn | length; duration; accident; right and wrong; good and bad |
| 超短裙 | chāo duǎn qún | miniskirt | |
| 短 | duǎn | lack; short | |
| 短鼻袋狸屬 | 短鼻袋狸属 | Duǎn bí dài lí shǔ | Short-nosed bandicoot |
| 短波 | duǎn bō | short-wave (radio) | |
| 短程 | duǎn chéng | short range | |
| 短處 | 短处 | duǎn chù | (n) shortcoming, defect; fault |
| 短促 | duǎn cù | (adj) short in time duration; fleeting; brief | |
| 短歌 | duǎn gē | ballad | |
| 短冠龍 | 短冠龙 | Duǎn guān lóng | Brachylophosaurus |
| 短簡 | 短简 | duǎn jiǎn | brief |
| 短劍 | 短剑 | duǎn jiàn | dagger |
| 短腳龍 | 短脚龙 | Duǎn jiǎo lóng | Brachypodosaurus |
| 短角龍 | 短角龙 | Duǎn jiǎo lóng | Brachyceratops |
| 短頸潘龍 | 短颈潘龙 | duǎn jǐng pān lóng | brachytrachelopan |
| 短句 | duǎn jù | clause | |
| 短距離 | 短距离 | duǎn jù lí | (n) stone's throw; short distance |
| 短褲 | 短裤 | duǎn kù | (n) shorts; breechcloth; knee breeches |
| 短路 | duǎn lù | short circuit | |
| 短跑 | duǎn pǎo | sprint (race) | |
| 短篇小說 | 短篇小说 | duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | (n) short story |
| 短期 | duǎn qī | short-term | |
| 短淺 | 短浅 | duǎn qiǎn | narrow and shallow |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage | |
| 短時儲存 | 短时储存 | duǎn shí chǔ cún | short-term storage; store |
| 短時間 | 短时间 | duǎn shí jiān | short term; short time |
| 短時語音記憶 | 短时语音记忆 | duǎn shí yǔ yīn jì yì | short-term phonological memory |
| 短襪 | 短袜 | duǎn wà | sock |
| 短尾蝠屬 | 短尾蝠属 | Duǎn wěi fú shǔ | Mystacinidae |
| 短尾負鼠屬 | 短尾负鼠属 | Duǎn wěi fù shǔ shǔ | Short-tailed opossum |
| 短信 | duǎn xìn | SMS message | |
| 短訊 | 短讯 | duǎn xùn | SMS, text message |
| 短暫 | 短暂 | duǎn zàn | short |
| 短肢猴 | duǎn zhī hóu | Allen's Swamp Monkey | |
| 法國短腿獵犬 | 法国短腿猎犬 | fǎ guó duǎn tuǐ liè quǎn | (n) basset hound |
| 簡短 | 简短 | jiǎn duǎn | brief; short-duration |
| 簡短介紹 | 简短介绍 | jiǎn duǎn jiè shào | brief introduction |
| 目光短淺 | 目光短浅 | mù guāng duǎn qiǎn | shortsighted |
| 弄短 | nòng duǎn | shorten; shortening | |
| 取長補短 | 取长补短 | qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn | proverb: the strong helping the weak |
| 縮短 | 缩短 | suō duǎn | to curtail; to cut down |
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