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  • 1

    adj.cramped; contracted

    • wǒ men néng kàn dào háng dào shang de xiá zhǎi bù fen

      我们航道狭窄部分

      We can see the constriction in a water way.

    • liǎng dǎo zhī jiān yǒu xiá zhǎi de tōng dào

      之间狭窄通道

      There is a narrow slot between two islands.

    • duì yú wǒ men wǔ gè rén lái shuō fáng jiān tài xiá zhǎi le

      对于我们房间狭窄

      The room was a bit too cramped for the five of us.

  • 2

    adj.(of mind, experience, etc.) narrow and limited

    • nǐ xiàn zài de yǎn jiè zěn me biàn de zhè me xiá zhǎi

      现在眼界怎么这么狭窄

      How can your vision become so narrow now!

    • tā xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi tīng bù dé bù tóng yì jiàn

      心胸狭窄不同意见

      She was narrow-minded and could not hear different opinions.

    • bù dú shū bù kàn bào de rén zhī shi miàn bì rán xiá zhǎi

      读书知识面必然狭窄

      Those who don't read books or newspapers have limited knowledge.

  • 3

    n.stenosis; stricture

    • gǔ pén xiá zhǎi shǔ yú xiān tiān fā yù wèn tí

      骨盆狭窄属于先天发育问题

      Pelvic stenosis is a congenital developmental problem.

    • niào dào xiá zhǎi shì yī zhǒng bǐ jiào cháng jiàn de jí bìng

      尿道狭窄比较常见疾病

      Urethral stricture is a relatively common disease.

    • xiàn zài hái méi yǒu zhǎo dào zhì liáo yāo zhuī guǎn xiá zhǎi de hǎo bàn fǎ

      现在没有找到治疗腰椎狭窄办法

      There is no good way to treat lumbar spinal stenosis.

Word usage

  • Note
    "狭窄" is different from "狭隘". "狭窄" often uses the meaning of "small width"; "狭隘" uses the meaning of "(thought, mind, etc.) not broad; limited".