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陡峭

dǒu qiào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

陡峭 (dǒu qiào) means "precipitous". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 陡峭 means

1. precipitous

The characters in 陡峭

• 陡dǒusteep; precipitous; (of a change) abrupt; sudden
• 峭qiàohigh and steep; precipitous; severe or stern

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.

Where 陡峭 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dòng–dū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dǒu qiào correctly.
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