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Meaning of 坳

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Pinyin: ào
English Definition: a depression; cavity; hollow
Chinese Definition:
①山间的平地:山坳。坳口(山或丘陵间的较低处,多为穿过山岭的通道)。
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • [ yòu ] infant, young child; immature
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Example Words
坳陷 ào xiàn (geology) depression; low-lying area
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Example Sentences
1
西
The basins on the western of Algin Rift were all compressive depressions, their geothermal gradients were lower.
2
使
A doctor blade clears the ink from the unwanted areas, leaving the ink in the depressions of the cylinder.
3
西西
Dazhongwang area is located in the south west plunge of the Beidagang structure zone, Huanghua depression.
4
Lakeshore and swampy carbonaceous mudstone and coal measures are major hydrocarbon source rocks of the Kuqa depression.
5
Applying the sequence stratigraphy theory established the sequence stratus frame in the abrupt slope belt to meet the demands of high revolution exploration in Jiyang Depression.