Meaning of 陡
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
dǒu
- steep; precipitous
- (of a change) abrupt; sudden
陡 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
道路从这里开始陡然上升。
The road starts to suddenly rise from here.
我们爬上陡坡。
We climbed a sharp slope.
蜿蜒的小路爬上了陡坡。
The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
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陡 dǒu · steep · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 陡.
| 陡峭 | dǒuqiào | precipitous |
Questions about 陡
What does 陡 mean?
陡 (dǒu) means "steep; precipitous; (of a change) abrupt; sudden" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 陡?
陡 is made of 1 character: 陡 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 陡 an HSK word?
Yes. 陡 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.