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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yìyángdùncuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihyangduenntsuoh
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ i̯ɑŋ³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jik¹ joeng⁴ deon⁶ co³
  - Yale: yīk yèuhng deuhn cho
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ joeng⁴ doen⁶ tso³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ yêng⁴ dên⁶ co³
  - IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ jœːŋ²¹ tɵn²² t͡sʰɔː³³/

Idiom

抑揚頓挫

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

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