突兀

Chinese

		to dash; to move forward quickly	cut off the feet; rising to a height; towering cut off the feet; rising to a height; towering; bald
trad. (突兀)		突	兀
simp. #(突兀)		突	兀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tūwù, túwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨ ㄨˋ, ㄊㄨˊ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dat⁶ ngat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tūwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuwù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu¹-wu⁴
    • Yale: tū-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuwuh
    • Palladius: туу (tuu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túwù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-wu⁴
    • Yale: tú-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twuwuh
    • Palladius: туу (tuu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dat⁶ ngat⁶
    • Yale: daht ngaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dat⁹ ngat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ded⁶ nged⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐt̚² ŋɐt̚²/

Adjective

突兀

1. lofty; towering

   這裡的山路很陡峭，到處都是突兀的岩石。 [MSC, trad.]
   这里的山路很陡峭，到处都是突兀的岩石。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèlǐ de shānlù hěn dǒuqiào, dàochù dōu shì tūwù de yánshí. [Pinyin]

   The mountain road here is very steep. There are towering rocks all around.

2. sudden; unexpected; out of the blue; abrupt

   我想問你一個問題，不曉得會不會很突兀。 [MSC, trad.]
   我想问你一个问题，不晓得会不会很突兀。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎng wèn nǐ yī ge wèntí, bù xiǎodé huì bù huì hěn tūwù. [Pinyin]

   I'd like to ask you something. I don't know if it might be too out of the blue.

Synonyms

• (sudden): 突然 (tūrán)

Related terms

• 高聳／高耸 (gāosǒng)
• 挺拔 (tǐngbá)
• 直立 (zhílì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (突兀):

• → Japanese: 突兀(とっこつ) (tokkotsu)
• → Vietnamese: đột ngột (突兀)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
突	兀
とつ > とっ Grade: S	こつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
突兀 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とっこつ [tòkkótsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞k̚ko̞t͡sɨ]

Adjective

突(とっ)兀(こつ) • (tokkotsu) ^†-tari (adnominal 突(とっ)兀(こつ)とした (tokkotsu to shita) or 突(とっ)兀(こつ)たる (tokkotsu taru), adverbial 突(とっ)兀(こつ)と (tokkotsu to) or 突(とっ)兀(こつ)として (tokkotsu to shite))

1. lofty; towering; sharply sticking out

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
突	兀

Adverb

突兀

1. chữ Hán form of đột ngột (“suddenly”).