Chinese symbol for “shorts”
短裤
duǎn kù
Traditional: 短褲
short pants; shorts
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shorts is 短裤 (duǎn kù), defined as: short pants; shorts.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shorts”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衩 | chǎ | open seam of a garment; shorts |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 短裤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 短期 | duǎn qī | short-term |
| 短片 | duǎn piàn | short film; video clip |
| 短暂 (短暫) | duǎn zàn | of short duration; brief; momentary |
| 缩短 (縮短) | suō duǎn | to shorten; to reduce; to curtail |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage |
| 短信 | duǎn xìn | text message; SMS |
| 裤子 (褲子) | kù zi | trousers; pants; 条 (tiáo) |
| 内裤 (內褲) | nèi kù | underpants; panties |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shorts”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.