HSK · Level 99
45 words
Chinese word
凹
Pronunciation
Pinyināo
Meaning
- verbdent
Example
他不小心把车门凹了。tā bù xiǎo xīn bǎ chē mén āo le
He accidentally dented the car door.
More examples
孩子玩球时把旧柜门凹了。hái zi wán qiú shí bǎ jiù guì mén āo le
The child dented the old cabinet door while playing with a ball.
Core concept
A surface is pushed or falls inward, leaving a hollow spot.
Common phrases
把车门弄凹了bǎ chē mén nòng āo le
dent the car door
把金属板凹了bǎ jīn shú bǎn āo le
dent the metal sheet
Similar words
凹陷āo xiàn: Become partly sunken inward, leaving a hollow spot in a surface.
压扁yā biǎn: Press an object until it becomes thin and flat.
Definition in Chinese
用外力使物体表面形成内陷形状；也可指物体自身出现这样的凹陷。yòng wài lì shǐ wù tǐ biǎo miàn xíng chéng nèi xiàn xíng zhuàng yě kě zhǐ wù tǐ zì shēn chū xiàn zhè yàng de āo xiàn
Word origin
凹 (āo, "to dent or be dented") is a pictograph whose shape shows a surface dipping inward, so its form and physical meaning remain closely linked.
Usage tips
- 凹 (āo, "to dent or be dented") can describe a result without naming a cause, or a sentence can identify the outside force that caused the change.
Other meanings
- be dentedverb
- sinkverb
Opposites
- 鼓起gú qǐmake bulgeverb
- 隆起lóng qǐbulgeverb
Related words
- 凹痕āo héndent marknoun
- 凹陷āo xiànindentationnoun
- 凹面āo miànconcave surfacenoun