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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tn̂g-tér / tn̂g-té

  (Teochew, Peng'im): deng⁵ do²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángduǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángduǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-tuan³
    • Yale: cháng-dwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngdoan
    • Palladius: чандуань (čanduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ dyun²
    • Yale: chèuhng dyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ dyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ dün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tyːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng-tón
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˇ don^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong² don³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ton³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: deng⁵ do²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ̂ng tó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ to⁵²/

Noun

長短

1. length (measurement)
2. size; dimensions (of an object)
3. accident; mishap

   • 我死了值得什麼；大娘若有些長短，他爺少不得又娶個大娘。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我死了值得什么；大娘若有些长短，他爷少不得又娶个大娘。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Wǒ sǐle zhídé shénme; dàniáng ruò yǒu xiē chángduǎn, tā yé shàobùdé yòu qǔ ge dàniáng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. right and wrong; good and bad points
5. (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):

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• 不幸事件 (bùxìng shìjiàn)
• 不測 / 不测 (bùcè)
• 事故 (shìgù)
• 代故 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 失閃 / 失闪 (shīshǎn)
• 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
• 岔子 (chàzi)
• 差池
• 差錯 / 差错 (chācuò)
• 意外 (yìwài)
• 故事 (archic)
• 緣故 / 缘故 (yuángù) (archaic)
• 變故 / 变故 (biàngù)
• 閃失 / 闪失 (shǎnshī)

• (right and wrong):

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• 善惡 / 善恶 (shàn'è)
• 好壞 / 好坏 (hǎohuài)
• 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
• 好䆀 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好賴 / 好赖 (hǎolài)
• 是非 (shìfēi)
• 臧否 (zāngpǐ) (literary)
• 黑白 (hēibái) (figurative)

• (method of promoting political ideas): 短長／短长

Derived terms

• 長短句 / 长短句 (chángduǎnjù)

Adverb

長短

1. (literary or Teochew) in any case; at any rate; whatever happens; no matter what

Synonyms

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• 不管怎樣 / 不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng)
• 不管怎麼樣 / 不管怎么样 (bùguǎn zěnmeyàng)
• 反正
• 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
• 好賴 / 好赖 (hǎolài)
• 橫直 / 横直 (héngzhí) (dialectal)
• 橫豎 / 横竖 (héngshù)
• 橫豎橫 / 横竖横 (Northern Wu)
• 死活 (sǐhuó)
• 無論如何 / 无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé)
• 生死 (sen¹ si³) (Sichuanese)
• 紅黑 / 红黑 (hong² he²) (Sichuanese)
• 總之 / 总之 (zǒngzhī)

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	反正, 橫豎, 橫直
	Taiwan	反正, 橫豎
	Singapore	反正
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	反正, 橫豎
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	反正
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	橫順, 橫豎, 左橫, 紅黑, 高矮, 生死
	Wuhan	橫直
	Guiyang	千急
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	反正
	Hefei	反正, 橫豎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	橫掂
	Hong Kong	橫掂, 反正
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	橫掂
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	橫掂
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	橫掂
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	橫掂
	Macau	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	反正
	Foshan	橫掂
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	橫掂
	Foshan (Shunde)	橫掂
	Foshan (Sanshui)	橫掂
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	左右
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	橫掂
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	橫掂
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	橫掂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	橫掂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	橫掂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	橫掂
	Taishan	橫掂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	橫掂
	Enping (Niujiang)	橫掂
	Heshan (Yayao)	橫掂
	Dongguan	橫掂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	反正
	Yangjiang	橫掂
	Nanning	橫直
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	橫掂
Gan	Nanchang	橫直
Hakka	Meixian	贏輸, 橫直, 橫正, 反正
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	橫掂
	Huiyang	橫掂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	橫掂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	反正
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	反正
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	反正
	Liannan	反正
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	橫掂, 反正
	Jiexi	反正
	Changting	橫直
	Ninghua	反正
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	反正
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	反正
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	反正
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	反正
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	反正
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	橫直
	Hong Kong	橫掂
	Luchuan	反正
	Senai (Huiyang)	反正
Jin	Taiyuan	反正, 橫豎
Northern Min	Jian'ou	橫直
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	橫直, 好呆
Southern Min	Xiamen	橫直, 根拄
	Quanzhou	橫直
	Yongchun	橫直
	Zhangzhou	橫直, 生成
	Dongshan	橫直
	Tainan	橫直
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	反正
	Shantou	長短, 反正, 橫直
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	正倒
	Jieyang	長短, 正倒
	Puning	反正, 正倒
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	反正
	Leizhou	橫直
Puxian Min	Putian	橫直
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	橫直
	Xianyou	反正, 橫直
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	橫掂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	橫直
Wu	Shanghai	橫豎, 反正
	Suzhou	橫豎, 橫道
	Changzhou	橫縱, 橫豎
	Wenzhou	橫直, 到老
Xiang	Changsha	橫直, 橫去
	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(ちょう)短(たん) • (chōtan) 

1. long and short
2. length
3. good and bad points

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• 一長一短(いっちょういったん) (itchōittan)