Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- cuò
English
- push down
- obstructed
- chop down
- to fail
- grind
- to oppress
- to repress
- to lower the tone
- to bend back
- to dampen
- to defeat; to frustrate
粵語
- 失敗；唔順意
Variants
Words containing 挫
- 挫折co3 zit3
setback
- 挫敗co3 baai6
to thwart; to foil (sb's plans)
- 受挫sau6 co3
thwarted
- 重挫cung5 co3
devastating setback
- 下挫haa6 co3
(of sales, prices etc) to fall
- 折挫zit3 co3
to frustrate
- 挫瘡co4 cong1
acne
- 挫傷co3 soeng1
Contusion
- 力挫lik6 co3
to win as a result of tenacious effort
- 頓挫deon6 co3
a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes
- 挫折感co3 zit3 gam2
frustration
- 抑揚頓挫jik1 joeng4 deon6 co3
see 頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬[dun4 cuo4 yi4 yang2]
- 挫骨揚灰co3 gwat1 joeng4 fui1
to crush the bones and scatter the ashes; used to describe deep hatred
- 頓挫抑揚deon6 co3 jik1 joeng4
cadence