| 矮人 | ǎi rén | dwarf |  |
| 侏儒 | zhū rú | dwarf / pygmy / small person / midget |  |
| 矮子 | ǎi zi | short person / dwarf | |
| 矮化 | ǎi huà | (plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay | |
| 倭 |  wō | dwarf / Japanese (derog.) (old) | |
| 侏 | zhū | dwarf | |
| 倭人 | wō rén | dwarf / (old) (derog.) Japanese person | |
| 袖珍人 | xiù zhēn rén | little person / midget / dwarf | |
| 林麝 | lín shè | Dwarf | |
| 麦冬 | mài dōng | dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM | |
| 筱 | xiǎo | dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo | |
| 篠 | xiǎo | dwarf bamboo | |
| 白矮星 | bái ǎi xīng | white dwarf | |
| 谷神星 | Gǔ shén xīng | Ceres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by G. Piazzi | |
| 矮星 | ǎi xīng | dwarf star | |
| 矮行星 | ǎi xíng xīng | dwarf planet | |
| 侏儒仓鼠 | zhū rú cāng shǔ | dwarf hamster | |
| 坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠 | Kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ | Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) | |
| 棕矮星 | zōng ǎi xīng | brown dwarf star | |
| 矮黑人 | ǎi hēi rén | black dwarf (pejorative term for non-Han people) | |
| 红矮星 | hóng ǎi xīng | red dwarf star | |
| 诤人 | zhèng rén | dwarf in legends | |
| 黑矮星 | hēi ǎi xīng | black dwarf star | |
| 三趾翠鸟 | sān zhǐ cuì niǎo | (bird species of China) black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) | |
| 矮杨梅 | ǎi yáng méi | dwarf bayberry (Myrica nana) | |
| 麦门冬 | mài mén dōng | dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM | |
