| 陡峭 | dǒu qiào | precipitous |   |
| 陡 |  dǒu | steep / precipitous / abrubtly / suddenly / unexpectedly | |
| 崭 | chán | (literary) precipitous (variant of 巉[chan2]) | |
| 崴 | wēi | high, lofty / precipitous | |
| 磪 | cuī | a high mountain / precipitous | |
| 嶒 | céng | lofty / precipitous | |
| 巉 | chán | (literary) steep / rugged / jagged / precipitous | |
| 嶡 | guì | precipitous / mountainous | |
| 巃 | lóng | steep / precipitous (of mountain) | |
| 陡削 | dǒu xiāo | precipitous | |
| 陡峻 | dǒu jùn | precipitous / high and steep | |
| 崄 | xiǎn | precipitous / rugged | |
| 嶟 | zūn | (literary) (of terrain) steep / precipitous | |
| 断崖式 | duàn yá shì | (of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep / precipitous | |
| 崇山峻岭 | chóng shān jùn lǐng | towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom) | |
| 悬崖峭壁 | xuán yá qiào bì | sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) | |
| 悬崖绝壁 | xuán yá jué bì | sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom) | |
| 嶮 | xiǎn | precipitous / rugged | |
| 陡跌 | dǒu diē | precipitous drop (in price) | |
| 坽 | líng | (literary) precipitous cliff / (used in place names) | |
| 悬崖峭壁 | xuán yá - qiào bì | (idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces | |
