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)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, of intonation, usually
    to pause and turn
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
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.