矮

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HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Adjective Common

Definitions

1. low
2. short (in length)

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Antonyms

1 item

• 高 gāo 高 gāo high height: high

Related words

2 items

• 短 duǎn 短 duǎn short short in length (for objects): short
• 低 dī 低 dī low low (for level, not people): low

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Common mistakes

Use 矮 for short people or things, 低 for low level or voice, 短 for short in length or duration.

Example Sentences

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这个桌子太 矮 了。

This table is too low.

我很 矮 。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 2278504)

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Words Containing 矮

• 矮小 矮小 ǎi xiǎo: short and small
• 低矮 低矮 dī ǎi: short
• 棕矮星 棕矮星 zōng ǎi xīng: brown dwarf star
• 白矮星 白矮星 bái ǎi xīng: white dwarf
• 短尾矮袋鼠 短尾矮袋鼠 duǎn wěi ǎi dài shǔ: quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
• 矮人 矮人 ǎi rén: dwarf
• 矮凳 矮凳 ǎi dèng: low stool
• 矮化 矮化 ǎi huà: to dwarf
• 矮半截 矮半截 ǎi bàn jié: to be inferior to
• 矮呆病 矮呆病 ǎi dāi bìng: cretinism
• 矮地茶 矮地茶 ǎi dì chá: (loanword) Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica) (herb)
• 矮墩墩 矮墩墩 ǎi dūn dūn: pudgy
• 矮壮素 矮壮素 ǎi zhuàng sù: chlormequat chloride
• 矮子 矮子 ǎi zi: short person
• 矮子里拔将军 矮子里拔将军 ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūn: lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs
• 矮小精悍 矮小精悍 ǎi xiǎo jīng hàn: short but intrepid (idiom)
• 矮星 矮星 ǎi xīng: dwarf star
• 矮林 矮林 ǎi lín: coppice
• 矮杆品种 矮杆品种 ǎi gǎn pǐn zhǒng: short-stalked variety
• 矮杨梅 矮杨梅 ǎi yáng méi: dwarf bayberry (Myrica nana)
• 矮树 矮树 ǎi shù: short tree
• 矮油 矮油 ǎi yóu: (slang) alternative for 哎呦[āi yōu] \oh my!\
• 矮瓜 矮瓜 ǎi guā: eggplant (Cantonese)
• 矮矬 矮矬 ǎi cuó: short (in stature)
• 矮胖 矮胖 ǎi pàng: short and stout
• 矮脚白花蛇利草 矮脚白花蛇利草 ǎi jiǎo bái huā shé lì cǎo: see 白花蛇舌草[bái huā shé shé cǎo]
• 矮脚罗伞 矮脚罗伞 ǎi jiǎo luó sǎn: Ardisia villosa
• 矮脚苦蒿 矮脚苦蒿 ǎi jiǎo kǔ hāo: see 熊膽草|熊胆草[xióng dǎn cǎo]
• 矮茎朱砂根 矮茎朱砂根 ǎi jīng zhū shā gēn: short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)
• 矮行星 矮行星 ǎi xíng xīng: dwarf planet
• 矮丑穷 矮丑穷 ǎi chǒu qióng: (Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor)
• 矮鹿 矮鹿 ǎi lù: Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
• 矮黑人 矮黑人 ǎi hēi rén: black dwarf (pejorative term for non-Han people)
• 红矮星 红矮星 hóng ǎi xīng: red dwarf star
• 高矮 高矮 gāo ǎi: height (i.e. whether short or tall)
• 高矮胖瘦 高矮胖瘦 gāo ǎi pàng shòu: one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat)
• 黑矮星 黑矮星 hēi ǎi xīng: black dwarf star