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dǒu

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dǒu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǒu | dou3
English translation
steep
precipitous
abrubtly
suddenly
unexpectedly
steep, sloping; sudden, abrupt

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About dǒu

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

dǒu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

hill

Etymology of dǒu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

阝走

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zǒu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zǒu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using dǒu

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Zhōu 青山 Qīng shān 突起 tū qǐ , yòu Gāo yòu dǒu .

All around it rose , high and steep, the green hills.

周仲伟 de huà Huán méi wán , 徐曼丽 那红春春 de qiào liǎn ér dǒu de biàn le .

Before Chou Chung - wei had finished what he was saying, Hsu Man - li's pretty face suddenly clouded over.

开始 kāishǐ Duàn 上坡路 shàng pō lù bìng 陡峭 dǒuqiào .

The first part of the ascent is not steep.

因此 yīncǐ zài 效果 xiàoguǒ shǎng shì 加大 jiā dà le 脉冲 mài chōng de 陡度 dǒu dù .

Then the effect is to steepen the flanks of the pulse spectrum.

开车 kāi chē 陡峭 dǒuqiào de 山坡 shān pō shí , huàn 低速 dǎng .

You have to shift down when you climb up steep hills.

Words with dǒu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dǒu steep dǒu
陡峭 dǒuqiào precipitous陡峭 dǒuqiào
陡然 dǒu rán suddenly陡然 dǒu rán
陡坡 dǒu pō steep incline陡坡 dǒu pō
陡壁 dǒu bì steep cliff陡壁 dǒu bì
陡变 dǒu biàn to change precipitously陡變
陡崖 dǒu yá steep cliff陡崖 dǒu yá
陡峻 dǒu jùn precipitous陡峻 dǒu jùn
陡度 dǒu dù gradient陡度 dǒu dù
陡削 dǒu xiāo precipitous陡削 dǒu xiāo

dǒu Decomposition & Compounds

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dǒu Decomposition

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