抑揚頓挫

See also: 抑扬顿挫

Chinese

		to rise and fall; to modulate; modulation to rise and fall; to modulate; modulation; intonation; cadence	to pause and turn
trad. (抑揚頓挫)		抑揚	頓挫
simp. (抑扬顿挫)		抑扬	顿挫
Literally: “falling, rising, pausing and turning”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìyángdùncuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik¹ joeng⁴ deon⁶ co³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìyángdùncuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìyángdùncuò
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-yang²-tun⁴-tsʻo⁴
    • Yale: yì-yáng-dwùn-tswò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihyangduenntsuoh
    • Palladius: ияндуньцо (ijandunʹco)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik¹ joeng⁴ deon⁶ co³
    • Yale: yīk yèuhng deuhn cho
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ joeng⁴ doen⁶ tso³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ yêng⁴ dên⁶ co³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ jœːŋ²¹ tɵn²² t͡sʰɔː³³/

Idiom

抑揚頓挫

1. rising and falling in cadence; intonation; speaking in measured tones; (of speech) cadenced