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短裤

duǎn kù · duan ku

Traditional 短褲

HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. short pants
  2. shorts
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Shorts in the cold

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)只有(zhǐyǒu)五度(wǔdù)，你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)穿(chuān)短裤(duǎnkù)？

    It is only five degrees today. Why are you wearing shorts?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)要(yào)去(qù)打球(dǎqiú)，一(yī)动(dòng)就(jiù)热(rè)了(le)。

    I am going to play ball. I get hot as soon as I move.

  3. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)风(fēng)很(hěn)大(dà)，你(nǐ)穿(chuān)短裤(duǎnkù)会(huì)冷(lěng)的(de)。

    But the wind is strong. You will be cold in shorts.

  4. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，我(wǒ)把(bǎ)长裤(chángkù)穿(chuān)在(zài)短裤(duǎnkù)外面(wàimiàn)。

    Okay, I will wear long pants over my shorts.

  5. Dengdeng

    这样(zhèyàng)，到(dào)了(le)球场(qiúchǎng)再(zài)脱(tuō)，你(nǐ)真(zhēn)聪明(cōngming)！

    This way you take them off at the court. You are so smart!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

夏(xià)天(tiān)太(tài)热(rè)，他(tā)每(měi)天(tiān)都(dōu)穿(chuān)短(duǎn)裤(kù)出(chū)门(mén)。

Summer is so hot that he wears shorts out every day.

02

这(zhè)条(tiáo)短(duǎn)裤(kù)有(yǒu)点(diǎn)小(xiǎo)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)换(huàn)大(dà)一(yí)号(hào)的(de)。

These shorts are a bit small; I'd like to exchange them for a larger size.

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短
duǎn

short; brief

裤
kù

underpants; trousers

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