"Towering" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 耸 |  sǒng | to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering |   |
| 高大 | gāo dà | tall / lofty / towering | |
| 凌云 | Líng yún | (lit. and fig.) towering / lofty / high | |
| 高耸 | gāo sǒng | erect / towering / to stand tall | |
| 滔天 | tāo tiān | (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering / overwhelming / immense | |
| 巍峨 | wēi é | lofty / towering / majestic | |
| 巍巍 | wēi wēi | towering / imposing | |
| 峥嵘 | zhēng róng | towering / lofty and steep (mountains) / extraordinary / outstanding | |
| 巍然 | wēi rán | majestic / towering / imposing | |
| 崔嵬 | cuī wéi | stony mound / rocky mountain / lofty / towering | |
| 崔巍 | cuī wēi | tall / towering | |
| 兀 | wù | cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald | |
| 崭 | zhǎn | towering / prominent / very / extremely / (dialect) marvelous / excellent | |
| 巍 | wēi | lofty / towering / Taiwan pr. [wei2] | |
| 崭然 | zhǎn rán | outstanding / towering | |
| 硙硙 | wéi wéi | (literary) lofty / towering / also pr. [ai2ai2] | |
| 高矗 | gāo chù | towering | |
| 岌嶪 | jí yè | high and steep / towering / perilous | |
| 硙硙 | ái ái | (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up | |
| 崛起 | jué qǐ | to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) | |
| 豪杰 | háo jié | hero / towering figure | |
| 突兀 | tū wù | lofty or towering / sudden or abrupt | |
| 摩天 | mó tiān | skyscraping / towering into the sky | |
| 怒不可遏 | nù bù kě è | unable to restrain one's anger (idiom) / in a towering rage | |
| 崇山峻岭 | chóng shān jùn lǐng | towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom) | |
| 巍然屹立 | wēi rán yì lì | to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb | |
| 万丈高楼平地起 | wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ | towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow | |
| 崛 | jué | towering as a peak | |
| 砬 | lá | a huge boulder / a towering rock | |
| 发指眦裂 | fà zhǐ zì liè | hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom) / enraged / in a towering rage | |
