"A cadence" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 顿挫 | dùn cuò | a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes / a cadence / punctuated by a transition / with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting) |  |
| 抑扬 | yì yáng | modulation (rising and falling pitch) / intonation / a cadence / to rise and fall (of a body floating in water) |  |
