qiào

  1. qiào adjective steep; rugged; precipitous
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of a mountain (CC-CEDICT '峭'; Guoyu '峭' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '峭' 1, p. 366; Mathews 1931 '峭', p. 103; Unihan '峭')
  2. qiào adjective harsh; stern
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of writing of speech; in the sense of 苛刻 (CC-CEDICT '峭'; Guoyu '峭' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '峭' 1a, p. 366; Mathews 1931 '峭', p. 103)
  3. qiào adjective cutting; sharp
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of cold weather; in the sense of 寒冷 (Guoyu '峭' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '峭' 1b, p. 366)
  4. qiào adjective scrawny
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '峭' 1c, p. 366)

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