頓挫 [顿－]

Jyutping deon6 co3
Pinyin dùn cuò

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes
  2. a cadence
  3. punctuated by a transition
  4. with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    朗诵比赛参赛者嘅抑扬顿挫好夸张。
    朗誦比賽參賽者嘅抑揚頓挫好誇張。
    long5 zung6 bei2 coi3 caam1 coi3 ze2 ge3 jik1 joeng4 deon6 co3 hou2 kwaa1 zoeng1
    • The participants exaggerated their verbal variation in their recitation in the competition.