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): ㄊㄨㄨˋ, ㄊㄨˊ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dat⁶ ngat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tūwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄨˋ
  - 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

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.
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])^[1]
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))

lofty; towering; sharply sticking out

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
突	兀

Adverb

突兀

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

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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