# 短处 (duǎnchù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 短处 (duǎnchù) means “shortcoming; weak point; fault”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: shortcoming; weak point; fault
- Pinyin: duǎnchù (duan3 chu4)
- Traditional: 短處
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 每个人都有自己的短处。
  Měi gè rén dōu yǒu zìjǐ de duǎnchù.
  Everyone has their own shortcomings.

## Characters

- [短](https://hanziro.com/word/duan-short/) (duǎn): short (length)
- [处](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-get-along-with/) (chǔ): to get along with; to be in

https://hanziro.com/word/duan-chu-shortcoming/

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