短文

duǎnwén

noun #31,113

Measure Word

一篇短文 piān

Meanings

1 short essay
2 short article
3 short piece of prose

Characters

Examples

请写一篇关于环保的短文。

Qǐng xiě yī piān guānyú huánbǎo de duǎnwén.

Please write a short essay about environmental protection.

这本杂志登了几篇短文。

Zhè běn zázhì dēng le jǐ piān duǎnwén.

This magazine published several short articles.

Tips

usage

短文 is the standard prompt-style word for school writing assignments — anything from a paragraph to a few hundred characters. The measure word is 篇 (piān), used for any "piece" of writing.

Stroke Order

短 duǎn

文 wén