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你好 :) Can u help me to learn to use 矮 properly? please I have seen that to say "my hair is short" i have to use 很短 but i don't know which is the difference? How to use them properly? Thanks

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矮is only used to describe the height of a person or a building, itss opposite is tall 高, and it's a vertical concept. 短is used to describe the length of an object, its opposite is 长 long. 他个子很矮。he's short. 我的头发很短。my hair is short. In English they are translated both as short, but in Chinese they are not interchangeable.
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短means short in length, 矮 means short in height. So, 长 is the opposite of 短, 高 is the opposite of 矮.
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Sí Tony Yu, soy orgullosamente mexicana(aplausos) :D gracias por la explicación, no sabía del tiempo ni de la distancia jajaja Hi Daisy thanks a lot :D 矮冬瓜 which is the meaning of this? please, is about "short" but i don't understand donggua here :P
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Teach you a sentence: 大多数男生都不喜欢矮冬瓜,可是我就是个矮冬瓜哈哈。
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Ya veo que eres mexicana,pues voy a expicarlo en mi pobre espanol . XD Puedes decir 短 para describir unos pantalones,el pelo,el tiempo,la distancia,pero no se puede usarlo cuando describas una persona,o cualquiera cosa tenga vida animal.(especialmente cuando se refiere a la altura,el pelo etc.) todo lo contrario,puedes usar 矮 para describir la altura de planta o un edificio o una persona. en resumen,长,短——longitud 高矮——estatura/altura un saludo.

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