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矮
ǎi
1. low
2. short (in length)
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

矮
ǎi
short, low; dwarf
HSK 3 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

低矮
dīǎi
short
矮人
ǎirén
dwarf
矮凳
ǎidèng
low stool
矮化
ǎihuà
to dwarf
矮子
ǎizi
short person
矮小
ǎixiǎo
short and small
矮星
ǎixīng
dwarf star
矮林
ǎilín
coppice
矮树
ǎishù
short tree
矮瓜
ǎiguā
eggplant (Cantonese)
矮胖
ǎipàng
short and stout
矮鹿
ǎilù
siberian roe deer
高矮
gāoǎi
height (i.e. whether short or tall)
棕矮星
zōngǎixīng
brown dwarf star
白矮星
báiǎixīng
white dwarf
矮个儿
ǎigèr
a person of short stature
矮半截
ǎibànjié
to be inferior to
矮呆病
ǎidāibìng
cretinism
矮地茶
ǎidìchá
Japanese Ardisia herb
矮墩墩
ǎidūndūn
pudgy

Example Sentences (1)

马可比我高,我比马可矮一点儿。
Mǎkě bǐ wǒ gāo, wǒ bǐ Mǎkě ǎi yìdiǎnr.
Marco is taller than me; I'm a little shorter than Marco.
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Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
2,026
Word Frequency Rank
4,974 of 84,292

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