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峭

qiào

HSK 6 Character

What 峭 means

1. high and steep
2. precipitous
3. severe or stern

Other readings

峭 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qiàovariant of {峭|qiào}

Example sentences

• 这条小路沿着陡峭的斜坡蜿蜒而上。
  Zhè tiáo xiǎolù yánzhe dǒuqiào de xiépō wānyán ér shàng.
  The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
• 四面八方都是巍峨的雪峰，将他们包围起来，彼此交错，一直延伸到遥远的地平线。两侧的岩岸陡峭无比，落叶松和松树彷佛悬在他们头顶，只需一阵风就能轰然落下。
  In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.

Words starting with 峭

• 峭壁qiào bìcliff; steep; precipice

Words containing 峭

• 陡峭dǒu qiàoprecipitous
• 悬崖峭壁xuán yá qiào bì(idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
• 劲峭jìng qiào(of wind) strong and bitterly cold
• 峻峭jùn qiàohigh and steep
• 料峭liào qiàospring chill in the air; cold

Characters built on 肖

These share the phonetic component 肖 (xiào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 宵xiāonight
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 硝xiāosaltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 俏qiàogood-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand
• 霄xiāofirmament; heaven

Characters that look like 峭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 顽wánmischievous; obstinate; to play
• 惬qiè(literary) satisfied; content
• 晦huì(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night
• 蛎lìoyster

Sounds the same

Read qiào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 窍hole; opening; orifice (of the human body)
• 俏good-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand
• 撬to lift; to pry open; to lever open
• 壳(bound form) shell; Taiwan pr. ké
• 翘to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt
• 鞘scabbard; sheath
• 诮ridicule; to blame
• 撽to beat with a stick; to hit from the side
• 谯ridicule; to blame