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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 顿挫
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 顿挫 | dùn cuò | - a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes - a cadence - punctuated by a transition - with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 68,801 | 73,503 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 顿 | dùn | - to stop - to pause - to arrange - to lay out - to kowtow - to stamp (one's foot) - at once - classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal |
| 挫 | cuò | - obstructed - to fail - to oppress - to repress - to lower the tone - to bend back - to dampen |
Other Words Containing 顿挫
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 抑扬顿挫 | - | 9 | 56,838 | 55,935 | 49,092 |