text message; SMS

of short duration; brief; momentary

short pants; shorts

short-term

short term; short time

short circuit

shortage

short film; video clip

short hair

phrase (grammar)

dagger

to die young; short-lived

shortwave (radio)

short position (finance)

short pass (in ball game)

short in time; fleeting; brief; gasping (breath); curt (tone of voice)

short-term loan

short play; sketch; skit; (neologism, attested by 2020) short-form video drama (esp. episodic videos made for mobile platforms, typically less than 5 minutes per episode)

clause

shortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak points

good prospects in the short term (finance)

to be short of the full amount

temporary job; odd job; seasonal worker

brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers)

short piece; article; short essay

short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape); (fig.) shortcoming; weak point

to fall short in one's payments; to lack; to be short of

ballad

narrow and shallow

short range

poor prospects in the short term (finance)

piccolo

brief

stocky (short and robust)

short term

the winter solstice

short garment; short jacket

short sleeves; short-sleeved shirt

sock

short-sightedness; suicide (esp. in 尋短見|寻短见[xun2 duan3 jian4])

(usually fig.) shortsighted; myopic

SMS; text message

sprint (race)

ankle boots

alligator

sb who dies prematurely

(bird species of China) Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)

(bird species of China) short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)

clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top); to wear such clothing