矮 ǎi▶ ngắn; thấp

Stroke order

矮 is written in 13 strokes.

• 矮

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 我弟弟很矮。Wǒ dìdi hěn ǎi.My younger brother is short.
• 这张桌子太矮了。Zhè zhāng zhuōzi tài ǎi le.This table is too short.

Related words

• 啊À; Ồ
• 爱好sở thích

矮 is pronounced ǎi and means “ngắn; thấp”. You will meet it in HSK 3, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 矮 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.