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qiào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiào | qiao4
English translation
high and steep
precipitous
severe or stern
variant of qiào [qiào]
steep, precipitous, rugged

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About qiào

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

qiào

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mountain

Etymology of qiào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

山肖

Semantic compound

Shān

Phonetic compound

Xiāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shān represents the meaning and Xiāo represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using qiào

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

The first part of the ascent is not steep.

zhè zuò 峭壁 qiào bì 我们 wǒmen zuì hǎo yòng 绳子 shéngzi zài 一起 yīqǐ .

We'd better rope up for this difficult cliff.

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.

Zēng 看到 Guò xiàng 这样 zhè yàng 陡峭 dǒuqiào de 岩石 yánshí ?precipitous zhǐ 直上直下陡峭的“,:

Have you ever seen such abrupt rocks?

shù 生长 shēngzhǎng zài 峭壁 qiào bì de 边缘 biānyuán .

The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.

Words with qiào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
峭壁 qiào bì cliff峭壁 qiào bì
陡峭 dǒuqiào precipitous陡峭 dǒuqiào
qiào precipitous qiào
悬崖峭壁 xuányáqiàobì sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)懸崖峭壁
料峭 liào qiào cold料峭 liào qiào
峻峭 jùn qiào high and steep峻峭 jùn qiào
劲峭 jìng qiào strong (wind)勁峭

qiào Decomposition & Compounds

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qiào Decomposition

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