short·hand /-ˌhænd/
  速記
  shorthand
  速記; 簡寫
  shorthand
  速記
  Short·hand n. A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.
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  shorthand
       adj : written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand notes"
       n : a method of writing rapidly [syn: stenography]