HSK 6 · Nature

陡峭 dǒuqiào “steep” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 陡峭 means

  1. steep
  2. precipitous

How to say 陡峭

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale陡dǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale峭qiào4th tone, falling

陡峭 in a sentence

  1. 这座山很陡峭，爬的时候要小心。

    Zhè zuò shān hěn dǒuqiào, pá de shíhou yào xiǎoxīn.

    This mountain is very steep, so be careful when you climb it.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 陡峭的山路上只能慢慢走。

    Dǒuqiào de shānlù shàng zhǐnéng mànmàn zǒu.

    You can only walk slowly on the steep mountain path.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 陡峭 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 陡 (dǒu) with each of its parts in a different colour
陡dǒusteep; precipitous
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 走walk · zǒuSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 走 (zǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǒu.

The character 峭 (qiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
峭qiàohigh and steep
  • 山mountain · shānMeaning part
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part

山 hints at the meaning (mountain); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiào.

How to write 陡峭

陡 9 strokes · 峭 10 strokes

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

Words related to 陡峭

Words with 峭

悬崖峭壁xuányáqiàobì · sheer cliff

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FAQs

陡峭 (dǒuqiào) means “steep” or “precipitous”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǒuqiào: dǒu with a 3rd tone, then qiào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 陡峭 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type douqiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 陡峭 from the suggestions. Typing douqiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
陡峭 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.