pendek

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Meanings

Examples

  • Seluar ini terlalu pendek untuk saya pakai ke pejabat.A1

    These trousers are too short for me to wear to the office.

  • Pensel ini sudah sangat pendek dan susah untuk digunakan.A1

    This pencil is already very short and difficult to use.

Word family

Root word

pendekhaving little length or height

Derived words

  • memendekmeN-to become shorter in length or duration
  • terpendekteR-shortest (superlative of short in length or height)
  • pendekkan-kanto shorten or reduce the length of something physical
  • pendeknya-nyain short; in summary; briefly
  • dipendekkandi-root-kanto be made shorter in physical length
  • kependekanke-root-anshortness; brevity
  • memendekkanmeN-root-kanto make something shorter in physical length
  • pemendekanpeN-root-anshortening
  • pendek-pendekR fullshort (of multiple items or referring to plurality)

Synonymssingkat

All examples

having little length or heightAdj

  • Seluar ini terlalu pendek untuk saya pakai ke pejabat.A1

    These trousers are too short for me to wear to the office.

  • Pensel ini sudah sangat pendek dan susah untuk digunakan.A1

    This pencil is already very short and difficult to use.

  • Adik saya lebih suka memakai baju berlengan pendek ketika cuaca panas.A2

    My younger sibling prefers to wear short-sleeved shirts during hot weather.

lasting a small amount of time; briefAdj

  • Waktu rehat kami sangat pendek hari ini.A2

    Our break time was very short today.

  • Kehidupan ini terlalu pendek untuk kita membazirkan masa dengan perkara yang tidak berfaedah.B1

    This life is too short for us to waste time on useless things.

  • Projek pembinaan itu perlu disiapkan dalam jangka masa yang sangat pendek.B1

    The construction project needs to be completed within a very short period of time.

concise or lacking detail in communicationAdj

  • Sila berikan laporan yang pendek dan padat tentang projek itu.B1

    Please provide a short and concise report about the project.

  • Dia menghantar pesanan pendek untuk memberitahu bahawa dia akan lewat.A2

    He sent a short message to say that he would be late.

  • Sila berikan ulasan pendek mengenai buku yang telah anda baca di dalam kelas.B1

    Please provide a short review of the book you have read in class.

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