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矮

ǎi

HSK 3 Character

What 矮 means

1. (of a person) short
2. (of a wall etc) low
3. (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)

Example sentences

• 我很矮。
  I am short.
• 你没我矮。
  Nǐ méi wǒ ǎi.
  You aren't as short as me.
• 我个头矮。
  Wǒ gètóu ǎi.
  I am short.
• 我比你矮。
  I am shorter than you.
• 我太矮了。
  I am too short.
• 他比汤姆矮。
  He's shorter than Tom.

Words starting with 矮

• 矮小ǎi xiǎoshort and small; low and small; undersized
• 矮人ǎi réndwarf
• 矮子ǎi zishort person; dwarf
• 矮胖ǎi pàngshort and stout; dumpy; roly-poly
• 矮化ǎi huà(plant pathology) to become stunted; (horticulture) to dwarf…
• 矮星ǎi xīngdwarf star
• 矮林ǎi líncoppice; brushwood
• 矮树ǎi shùshort tree; bush; shrub
• 矮油ǎi yóu(slang) alternative for 哎呦
• 矮瓜ǎi guāeggplant (Cantonese)
• 矮鹿ǎi lùSiberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
• 矮个儿ǎi gè ra person of short stature; a short person
• 矮半截ǎi bàn jiéto be inferior to; to be of a lower grade than
• 矮呆病ǎi dāi bìngcretinism
• 矮地茶ǎi dì chá(loanword) Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica) (herb)
• 矮壮素ǎi zhuàng sùchlormequat chloride; cycocel
• 矮杨梅ǎi yáng méidwarf bayberry (Myrica nana)
• 矮行星ǎi xíng xīngdwarf planet
• 矮丑穷ǎi chǒu qióng(net slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor); opposite: 高富帅
• 矮黑人ǎi hēi rénNegrito
• 矮杆品种ǎi gǎn pǐn zhǒngshort-stalked variety; short straw variety
• 矮脚罗伞ǎi jiǎo luó sǎnArdisia villosa
• 矮茎朱砂根ǎi jīng zhū shā gēnshort-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)
• 矮子里拔将军ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūnlit. choose a general from among the dwarfs; fig. choose the best person available…

Words containing 矮

• 低矮dī ǎishort; low
• 高矮gāo ǎiheight (i.e. whether short or tall)
• 棕矮星zōng ǎi xīngbrown dwarf star
• 白矮星bái ǎi xīngwhite dwarf
• 红矮星hóng ǎi xīngred dwarf star
• 黑矮星hēi ǎi xīngblack dwarf star
• 高矮胖瘦gāo ǎi pàng shòuone's physique (tall or short, thin or fat); stature
• 短尾矮袋鼠duǎn wěi ǎi dài shǔquokka (Setonix brachyurus)

Characters that look like 矮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 睡shuìto sleep; to lie down
• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 焙bèito dry over a fire; to bake
• 缕lǚstrand; thread; detailed
• 搔sāoto scratch; old variant of 骚

Sounds the same

Read ǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蔼friendly
• 嗳to belch; (interj. of disapproval)
• 霭mist; haze; cloudy sky
• 欸(Taiwan; literary) to rebuke loudly; (Taiwan; literary) to sigh; used in 欸乃
• 毐see historical character Lao Ai 嫪毐; by extension, person of reprehensible morals; immoral