短文

duǎnwén
noun #31,113

Measure Word

一篇短文 piān

Meanings

  1. 1 short essay
  2. 2 short article
  3. 3 short piece of prose

Examples

HSK 4
Qǐng xiě yì piān guānyú huánbǎo de duǎnwén.
Please write a short essay about environmental protection.
HSK 5
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