HSK 6 · Adjectives

凹凸 āotū “uneven” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 凹凸 means

  1. uneven
  2. bumpy
  3. concave or convex
  4. bumps and holes
  5. uneven (surface)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • rugged

How to say 凹凸

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale凹āo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale凸tū1st tone, high and level

凹凸 in a sentence

  1. 这条路凹凸不平，开车要小心。

    Zhè tiáo lù āotū bù píng, kāichē yào xiǎoxīn.

    This road is bumpy, so drive carefully.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 墙面有点儿凹凸，需要重新刷一下。

    Qiángmiàn yǒudiǎnr āotū, xūyào chóngxīn shuā yíxià.

    The wall is a bit uneven and needs repainting.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 凹凸 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 凹 (āo) drawn as one shape
凹āoconcave; depressed; sunken; indented

凹 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 凸 (tū) drawn as one shape
凸tūto stick out; protruding; convex; male

凸 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 凹凸

凹 5 strokes · 凸 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

凹凸 (āotū) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 凹凸 (āotū). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 凹凸

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FAQs

凹凸 (āotū) means “uneven” or “bumpy”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it āotū: āo with a 1st tone, then tū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 凹凸 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type aotu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 凹凸 from the suggestions. Typing aotu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
凹凸 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.