頓挫

Chinese

		a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)	be obstructed; fail; oppress be obstructed; fail; oppress; repress; lower the tone; bend back; dampen
trad. (頓挫)		頓	挫
simp. (顿挫)		顿	挫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùncuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deon⁶ co³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùncuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùncuò
    • Wade–Giles: tun⁴-tsʻo⁴
    • Yale: dwùn-tswò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duenntsuoh
    • Palladius: дуньцо (dunʹco)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deon⁶ co³
    • Yale: deuhn cho
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doen⁶ tso³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dên⁶ co³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵn²² t͡sʰɔː³³/

Verb

頓挫

1. (of intonation, rhythm, musical notes, brush stroke in painting, etc.) to pause and turn