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陡

dǒu

HSK 6 Character

What 陡 means

1. steep; precipitous
2. (of a change) abrupt; sudden

Example sentences

• 我们爬上陡坡。
  We climbed a sharp slope.
• 蜿蜒的小路爬上了陡坡。
  Wānyán de xiǎolù páshàng le dǒupō.
  The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
• 道路从这里开始陡然上升。
  Dàolù cóng zhèlǐ kāishǐ dǒurán shàngshēng.
  The road starts to suddenly rise from here.
• 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 陡

• 陡峭dǒu qiàoprecipitous
• 陡然dǒu ránsuddenly; unexpectedly; abruptly
• 陡坡dǒu pōsteep slope; steep incline
• 陡削dǒu xiāoprecipitous
• 陡壁dǒu bìsteep cliff; precipice; vertical slope
• 陡峻dǒu jùnprecipitous; high and steep
• 陡崖dǒu yásteep cliff; precipice
• 陡度dǒu dùgradient
• 陡变dǒu biànto change precipitously
• 陡跌dǒu diēprecipitous drop (in price)

Characters that look like 陡

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

• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged
• 映yìng(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
• 陵língmound; tomb; hill
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 胰yípancreas
• 脓nóngpus

Sounds the same

Read dǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 抖to tremble; to shake out; to reveal
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• 蚪used in 蝌蚪
• 枓(architecture) square wooden bearing block used to support a bracket in a dougong 斗拱
• 唞to take a rest (Cantonese)