Short in Chinese (Mandarin): 矮 (ǎi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 矮

• 矮

  Short, low. 矢 (arrow) is on the left.

  13 strokes

Third tone. 矮 is short in height; short in length is 短 (duǎn). The seven dwarfs are 七个小矮人.

More examples with 矮

• 我比哥哥矮。

  Wǒ bǐ gēge ǎi.

  I'm shorter than my big brother.

• 这张桌子很矮。

  這張桌子很矮。

  Zhè zhāng zhuōzi hěn ǎi.

  This table is low.

How to write 矮 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.