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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
頓挫
- (of intonation, rhythm, musical notes, brush stroke in painting, etc.) to pause and turn
- (chess) zwischenzug
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 頓 | 挫 |
| とん Grade: S |
ざ Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
頓挫 • (tonza) ←とんざ (tonza)?
Verb
頓挫する • (tonza suru) ←とんざ (tonza)?suru (stem 頓挫し (tonza shi), past 頓挫した (tonza shita))
- to suddenly reduce in vigor
- (of a plan) to suddenly fail
- 計画が頓挫する
- keikaku ga tonza suru
- the plan falls through
- 計画が頓挫する
Conjugation
Conjugation of "頓挫する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 頓挫し | とんざし | tonza shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 頓挫し | とんざし | tonza shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 頓挫する | とんざする | tonza suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 頓挫する | とんざする | tonza suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 頓挫すれ | とんざすれ | tonza sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 頓挫せよ¹ 頓挫しろ² |
とんざせよ¹ とんざしろ² |
tonza seyo¹ tonza shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 頓挫される | とんざされる | tonza sareru | |
| Causative | 頓挫させる 頓挫さす |
とんざさせる とんざさす |
tonza saseru tonza sasu | |
| Potential | 頓挫できる | とんざできる | tonza dekiru | |
| Volitional | 頓挫しよう | とんざしよう | tonza shiyō | |
| Negative | 頓挫しない | とんざしない | tonza shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 頓挫せず | とんざせず | tonza sezu | |
| Formal | 頓挫します | とんざします | tonza shimasu | |
| Perfective | 頓挫した | とんざした | tonza shita | |
| Conjunctive | 頓挫して | とんざして | tonza shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 頓挫すれば | とんざすれば | tonza sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||