陡 (dǒu) means Steep. Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这段山路又窄又 陡 峭。
Zhè duàn shānlù yòu zhǎi yòu dǒuqiào.
This stretch of mountain path is both narrow and steep.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陡峭
陡 峭的岩壁让人望而生畏。
Dǒuqiào de yánbì ràng rén wàng ér shēng wèi.
The sheer rock face is daunting even to look at.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陡峭
这段坡有点 陡 ，骑车费劲。
Zhè duàn pō yǒudiǎn dǒu, qí chē fèijìn.
This slope is rather steep and hard going on a bike.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坡
这段路很 陡 ，走起来很吃力。
Zhè duàn lù hěn dǒu, zǒu qǐlái hěn chīlì.
This stretch is steep and hard going.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 吃力
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Words that contain 陡
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Questions about 陡
How is 陡 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 陡 (dǒu, "Steep"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 陡 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 陡 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 陡?
The dictionary page for 陡 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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