凹

Depressed in Chinese: 凹 (āo)

āo

depressed

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1depressed
  2. 2sunken
  3. 3indented
  4. 4concave
  5. 5female (connector etc)

Stroke order

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凹

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄠ

āo

ㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 这块地中间凹了下去。

    zhè kuài dì zhōng jiān āo le xià qù。

    The ground caved in in the middle of the field.

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Related words

熬

áo

to cook on a slow fire

熬夜

áo yè

to stay up late or all night

傲

ào

proud

傲慢

ào màn

arrogant

奥秘

ào mì

secret

奥运会

aò yùn huì

abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会

八卦

bā guà

the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经

扒

bā

to peel

芭蕾

bā lěi

ballet (loanword)

把柄

bǎ bǐng

handle

把关

bǎ guān

to guard a pass

把手

bǎ shǒu

to shake hands

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