nǎo

垴

Character · NounTraditional堖

flat top of a hillock

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

noun

flat top of a hill; small plateau; summit of a hillock

dialect

Primarily used in place names and dialectal contexts. It refers specifically to the flattened summit of a small hill or knoll, often used for geographical description and naming.

Gōng工
rén人
men们
xiāo削
nǎo垴
tián填
gōu沟
 ,
píng平
zhěng整
tǔ土
dì地
 。

The workers leveled the land by cutting down hilltops and filling in gullies.

Wǒ我
lái来
zì自
yī一
gè个
jiào叫
Nán南
nǎo垴
de的
xiǎo小
cūn村
zhuāng庄
 。

I come from a small village called Nannao.

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Shā沙
zhōu洲
nǎo垴
shì是
Hú湖
nán南
de的
yī一
gè个
dì地
míng名
 。

Shazhounao is a place name in Hunan.

Zhè这
zuò座
qiū丘
líng陵
de的
nǎo垴
shàng上
fēi非
cháng常
shì适
hé合
xiū修
jiàn建
guān观
jǐng景
tái台
 。

The flat top of this hillock is very suitable for building a viewing platform.

Zài在
dì地
tú图
shàng上
xún寻
zhǎo找
nà那
gè个
dài带
 '
nǎo垴
 '
zì字
de的
dì地
fāng方
 。

Look for that place with the character '垴' in its name on the map.