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峭 qiào

steep, precipitous, rugged

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 6
Radical
山
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 山肖 ⿰山肖

Memory hint: mountain

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  1. 悬崖峭壁下面是大海。
    Xuányá qiàobì xiàmian shì dàhǎi.
    Below the cliffs is the sea.
    hanging-cliff steep-wall below is big-sea
  2. 这些峭壁是怎么形成的？
    Zhèxiē qiàobì shì zěnme xíngchéng de?
    How were these cliffs formed?
    these steep-wall is how form (particle) (question)
  3. 站在峭壁边小心一点。
    Zhàn zài qiàobì biān xiǎoxīn yìdiǎn.
    Be careful standing at the edge of the cliff.
    stand at steep-wall edge careful a-bit
  4. 这座山并没有陡峭的峭壁。
    Zhè zuò shān bìng méiyǒu dǒuqiào de qiàobì.
    This mountain doesn't have steep cliffs at all.
    this (measure) mountain not (particle) not-have steep (particle) steep-wall
  5. 在那片悬崖峭壁上，生长着几棵松树。
    Zài nà piàn xuányá qiàobì shàng, shēngzhǎngzhe jǐ kē sōngshù.
    On those cliffs, a few pine trees grow.
    at that (measure) hanging-cliff steep-wall on, grow (particle) few (measure) pine-tree

Words with 峭 (2)