HSK 6 vocabulary › 短促
短促
短促 in English: short in time; fleeting
duǎn cù
short in time; fleeting
How to pronounce 短促
duǎn cù (without tone marks: duan cu). duǎn is a third (low, dipping) tone; cù is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 短促
短 duǎn
short; brief; to lack
short; brief; to lack
促 cù
(bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge; (literary) close by; pressed against
(bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge; (literary) close by; pressed against
Related words
| 短 | duǎn | short; brief | HSK 3 |
| 短信 | duǎn xìn | text message; SMS | HSK 4 |
| 缩短 | suō duǎn | to curtail; to cut down | HSK 5 |
| 促进 | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance | HSK 5 |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to induce; to promote | HSK 5 |
| 仓促 | cāng cù | all of a sudden; hurriedly | HSK 6 |
| 督促 | dū cù | to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on | HSK 6 |