矮
Meaning
- (of a person) short
- (of a wall etc) low
- (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
Example sentence
我太矮了。
I am too short.
The character 矮
矮 is 矢, an arrow, beside 委: short in height. It is used of people and walls — 他很矮, 矮墙 — where 短 is short in length, so a person is 矮 and a rope is 短.