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Meaning of 矮
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矮 HSK 3

Pinyin: ǎi
English Definition: low; short (in length)
Chinese Definition:
①人的身材短：矮人。矮矬。矮个儿。矮墩墩。
②高度小：矮林。矮墙。矮屋。
③等级地位低：工资他比我矮一级。

Synonym: 低 矬
Antonyms: 高
Total strokes: 13; Radical: 矢
Pictophonetic: 委 indicates the sound; 矢 (dart) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
⿰ Left to right

矢 [ shǐ ] arrow, dart; to vow, to swear

委 [ wěi ] to appoint, to commission, to send

Similar Characters: 緌
Step by Step Stroke Sequence:

Example Words

低矮 dī ǎi short; low HSK 4

矮小 ǎi xiǎo short and small; low and small; undersized HSK 3

矮胖 ǎi pàng short and stout; dumpy; roly-poly HSK 3

高矮 gāo ǎi height (i.e. whether short or tall) HSK 3

矮墩墩 ǎi dūn dūn pudgy; dumpy; stumpy

Example Sentences

她 不 像 她 妈妈 ， 她 很 高 ， 而 她 妈妈 很 矮 。
She is unlike her mother; she is tall and her mother is very short.

他 不 高 也 不 矮 ， 中等 个儿 。
He is neither tall nor short. He is medium height.

她 在 中学 里 比 我 矮 一级 。
She was a grade lower than me in middle school.

但是 我们 都 叫 他 “ 大吉姆 ” ， 因为 他 太 矮 了 。
But we call him "Big Jim" because he' s so short.

乐队 的 人 喜欢 我 唱歌 和 舞蹈 的 风格 ， 不 过 我 最 大 的 问题 是 ： 个子 太 矮 了 。
They loved how I sang and how I danced, but there was one problem: I was too short.

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