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矮小

ǎi xiǎo

2-character word

What 矮小 means

1. short and small
2. low and small
3. undersized

The characters in 矮小

• 矮ǎi(of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few

Example sentences

• 我哥哥虽然矮小可是很强壮。
  Wǒ gēge suīrán ǎixiǎo kěshì hěn qiángzhuàng.
  My brother is small but strong.
• 就她的年龄来说，这个女孩算是矮小的。
  Jiù tā de niánlíng lái shuō, zhège nǚhái suànshì ǎixiǎo de.
  The girl is small for her age.
• 我们突然向下望去，只见一个杯状的洼地，上面点缀着矮小的橡树和被多年风暴肆虐扭曲变形的蕨类植物。两座高耸狭窄的塔楼耸立在树梢之上。车夫用鞭子指着前方。他说：「巴斯克维尔庄园。」
  Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with stunted oaks and furs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip. “Baskerville Hall,” said he.

Words starting with 矮小

• 矮小精悍ǎi xiǎo jīng hànshort but intrepid (idiom)