長短

See also: 长短

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	lack; short
trad. (長短)		長	短
simp. (长短)		长	短

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chángduǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ dyun²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng-tón
Min Nan (POJ): tn̂g-tér / tn̂g-té

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chángduǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngdoan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ dyun²
  - Yale: chèuhng dyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ dyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ dün²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ tyːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-tón
  - Hakka Romanization System: congˇ don`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong² don³
  - IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ton³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-tér
  - Tâi-lô: tn̂g-tér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g-té
  - Tâi-lô: tn̂g-té
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngdea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² te⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍²³⁻³³ te⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍¹³⁻²² te⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te⁵³/

Noun

長短

length (measurement)
size; dimensions (of an object)
accident; mishap
right and wrong; good and bad points
(archaic) method of promoting political ideas used by the School of Diplomacy during the Warring States period

Synonyms

(length): 長度／长度 (chángdù)
(size): 尺碼／尺码 (chǐmǎ), 尺寸 (chǐcùn), 大小 (dàxiǎo)
(accident):

Synonyms of 長短

失誤／失误 (shīwù)
失閃／失闪 (shīshǎn) (accident)
差失 (chāshī)
差池 (chāchí) (literary)
差舛 (chāchuǎn) (literary)
差誤／差误 (chāwù)
差錯／差错 (chācuò)
意外 (yìwài) (accident)
紕繆／纰缪 (pīmiù) (literary)
訛奪／讹夺 (éduó) (literary, of words in a text)
訛脫／讹脱 (étuō) (literary, of words in a text)
訛舛／讹舛 (échuǎn) (literary, of words in a text)

訛誤／讹误 (éwù) (literary, of words in a text)
訛謬／讹谬 (émiù) (literary, of words in a text)
誤差／误差 (wùchā) (especially in data)
誤謬／误谬 (wùmiù) (fallacy)
謬誤／谬误 (miùwù) (fallacy)
變故／变故 (biàngù) (unforeseen event)
過失／过失 (guòshī)
過錯／过错 (guòcuò)
錯漏／错漏 (cuòlòu) (of words in a text)
錯誤／错误 (cuòwù)
長短／长短 (chángduǎn) (accident)
閃失／闪失 (shǎnshī) (accident)

(right and wrong): 好壞／好坏 (hǎohuài), 是非 (shìfēi), 好歹 (hǎodǎi); (Min Nan) 好䆀
(method of promoting political ideas): 短長／短长

Adverb

長短

(literary) in any case; at any rate; whatever happens; no matter what

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 反正 (“anyway”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		長短
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		反正, 不管怎樣, 無論如何
Mandarin	Beijing	反正, 橫豎, 橫直
	Taiwan	反正, 橫豎
	Jinan	反正, 橫豎
	Xi'an	反正
	Wuhan	橫直
	Chengdu	橫順, 橫豎, 左橫
	Yangzhou	反正
	Hefei	反正, 橫豎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	橫掂
	Hong Kong	橫掂
	Taishan	橫掂
	Yangjiang	橫掂
Gan	Nanchang	橫直
Hakka	Meixian	贏輸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	反正
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	反正
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	反正
	Dongshi (Dabu)	反正
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	反正
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	橫直
Jin	Taiyuan	反正, 橫豎
Min Bei	Jian'ou	橫直
Min Dong	Fuzhou	橫直, 好呆
Min Nan	Xiamen	橫直
	Quanzhou	橫直
	Zhangzhou	橫直
	Taipei	橫直
	Chaozhou	長短
	Shantou	長短
Wu	Shanghai	橫豎, 反正
	Suzhou	橫豎, 橫道
	Wenzhou	橫直, 到老
Xiang	Changsha	橫直, 橫去
Xiang	Shuangfeng	橫直, 紅黑

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	短
ちょう Grade: 2	たん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

長短 (hiragana ちょうたん, rōmaji chōtan)

Derived terms

一 (いっ)長 (ちょう)一 (いっ)短 (たん) (itchōittan)

Synonyms

(good and bad): 良 (よ)し悪 (あ)し (yoshiashi), 優劣 (ゆうれつ) (yūretsu)

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