My brother is small but strong.
矮小
short and small
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Meaning and common use
short and small
low and small
undersized
How 矮小 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 矮小 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The girl is small for her age.
Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with stunted oaks and furs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip. “Baskerville Hall,” said he.
Words that keep company with 矮小.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 矮小.
Directly before
- 虽然矮小1
- 算是矮小1
- 著矮小1
Directly after
- 矮小的2
- 矮小可是1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 矮小
What does 矮小 mean in Chinese?
矮小 (ǎixiǎo) means short and small.
How do you pronounce 矮小?
矮小 is pronounced ǎixiǎo.
Is 矮小 an HSK word?
矮小 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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