粵

陡dau2峭ciu3

dau2 ciu3dǒu qiào

English

  1. precipitous
  2. steep; cliffy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容斜路嘅斜度好大

Examples

  • 這條小路沿著陡峭的斜坡蜿蜒而上。

    The path zigzagged up the steep slope.

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  • 條山路好斜,用咗我好耐先走上到去。

    這山路真陡峭,花了很多時間才爬上去。 (ze5 saan1 lou6 zan1 dau2 ciu3, faa1 liu5 han2 do1 si4 gaan3 coi4 paa4 soeng5 heoi3.)

    The path is so steep that it took me very long to climb to the top.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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