矮

ǎi

HSK 4freq #3952

Meanings

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ǎi

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

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Wiktionary

1.short
2.low (of less than normal height)
3.to fall short (compared to someone else)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qraːlʔ): semantic 矢 + phonetic 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ).

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Stroke order

Components

矮矢委

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我个头矮。
I am short.
我比你矮。
I'm shorter than you.
他比湯姆矮。
He's shorter than Tom.
我妹妹比你矮。
My sister is shorter than you.
我知道湯姆比我矮很多。
I know Tom is a lot shorter than I am.

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Synonyms

矬低矮矬短下

Antonyms

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Related words

矮小 short and small 矮化 (plant pathology) to become stunted 高矮 height (i.e. whether short or tall)矮林 coppice 矮凳 low stool 矮子 short person 低矮 short 矮星 dwarf star 矮人 dwarf 矮胖 short and stout 矮矬 short (in stature)矮油 (slang) alternative for 哎呦[āi yōu] "oh my!"