Chinese symbol for “precipitous”
陡峭
dǒu qiào
precipitous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for precipitous is 陡峭 (dǒu qiào), defined as: precipitous.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “precipitous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陡峻 | dǒu jùn | precipitous; high and steep |
| 陡 | dǒu | steep; precipitous; (of a change) abrupt; sudden |
| 崄 (嶮) | xiǎn | precipitous; rugged |
| 嶡 | guì | precipitous; mountainous |
| 陡削 | dǒu xiāo | precipitous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 陡峭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陡然 | dǒu rán | suddenly; unexpectedly |
| 陡坡 | dǒu pō | steep slope; steep incline |
| 陡崖 | dǒu yá | steep cliff; precipice |
| 陡峻 | dǒu jùn | precipitous; high and steep |
| 陡壁 | dǒu bì | steep cliff; precipice |
| 峭壁 | qiào bì | cliff; steep |
| 悬崖峭壁 (懸崖峭壁) | xuán yá qiào bì | (idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces |
| 峻峭 | jùn qiào | high and steep |
See also: Japanese symbol for “precipitous”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.