短裤 duǎnkù short pants
short pants; shorts
How to remember 短裤: 短 short + 裤 pants = short pants.
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How it is used
- Shorts/short pants - measure word 条 (tiáo): 一条短裤 (yì tiáo duǎnkù), the classifier for long/trouser-like items.
- Contrast 长裤 (chángkù) long trousers. 裤 always takes 条, never 件 (jiàn), which is for tops.
Example sentences
- 天太热，他穿着短裤跑步。 Tiān tài rè, tā chuānzhe duǎnkù pǎobù.It is hot - he runs in shorts.