矮小
HSK 4 (2021)
矮小 (ǎixiǎo) · short and small
矮小 (ǎixiǎo) means “short and small”. It is written with 2 characters: 矮 (short (of a person)) + 小 (small). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 矮小 is built
The characters
矮 ǎi · short (of a person)
What 矮 is made of
- 矢shǐ — arrow
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 天tiān — sky
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 委wěi — to appoint
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 女nǚ — woman
- 禾hé — cereal
Origin hint: 矢 gives the meaning, 委 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
小 xiǎo · small
What 小 is made of
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
Origin hint: Dividing 八 by a line 亅 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他长得很矮小。Tā zhǎng de hěn ǎixiǎo.He is short and slight.
这间房子又矮小又旧。Zhè jiān fángzi yòu ǎixiǎo yòu jiù.This house is small, low and old.
Questions about 矮小
What does 矮小 mean?
矮小 (ǎixiǎo) means “short and small”.
How do you pronounce 矮小?
矮小 is pronounced ǎixiǎo.
Which HSK level is 矮小?
矮小 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 矮ǎishort (of a person)
- 小孩儿xiǎoháirchild
- 小姐xiǎojieMiss
- 小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 小学xiǎoxuéprimary school
- 小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student
- 从小cóngxiǎofrom childhood
- 大小dàxiǎosize
- 小声xiǎoshēngin a low voice
Learn 矮小 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 4: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.