短暫

See also: 短暂

Chinese

		lack; short	temporary; temporarily
trad. (短暫)		短	暫
simp. (短暂)		短	暂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǎnzàn, duǎnzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄗㄢˋ, ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² zaam⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): toán-chiām / té-chiām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): do² ziam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnzàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄗㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnzàn
    • Wade–Giles: tuan³-tsan⁴
    • Yale: dwǎn-dzàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doantzann
    • Palladius: дуаньцзань (duanʹczanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnzhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnjhàn
    • Wade–Giles: tuan³-chan⁴
    • Yale: dwǎn-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doanjann
    • Palladius: дуаньчжань (duanʹčžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun² zaam⁶
    • Yale: dyún jaahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² dzaam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün² zam⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ t͡saːm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toán-chiām
    • Tâi-lô: tuán-tsiām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doafnciam
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siam⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-chiām
    • Tâi-lô: té-tsiām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defciam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siam²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: do² ziam⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tó tsiăm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siam³⁵/

Adjective

短暫

1. temporary; transient
2. fleeting; ephemeral; short-lived; short

   美好時光是那樣的短暫，宛若天空滑過的流星般轉瞬即逝。 [MSC, trad.]
   美好时光是那样的短暂，宛若天空滑过的流星般转瞬即逝。 [MSC, simp.]

   Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]

   Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.

Synonyms

• (temporary): 臨時／临时 (línshí), 暫時／暂时 (zànshí)
• (fleeting): 短促 (duǎncù)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “temporary”): 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ), 永久 (yǒngjiǔ), 永遠／永远 (yǒngyuǎn)

Derived terms

• 生是短暫死是永恆／生是短暂死是永恒 (shēng shì duǎnzàn sǐ shì yǒnghéng)
• 短暫性／短暂性 (duǎnzànxìng)