突兀 (tū wù) — lofty, towering (of terrain, rocks, etc.); sudden, abrupt (of events, speech, behavior)
Definition
突兀 covers two distinct uses: terrain that rises sharply, and behavior, speech, or events that feel abrupt and out of place. For the 'sudden' sense it is more evaluative than 突然, signaling something feels jarring or ill-fitting, not merely unexpected.
adjective
loftytowering (of terrain, rocks, etc.)suddenabrupt (of events, speech, behavior)
Examples
- 突兀。Zhè zuò shān fēng tū wù dì sǒng lì zài yún wù zhī zhōng.This mountain peak rises abruptly among the clouds.
- ，突兀。Tā tū rán tí chū cí zhí, dà jiā dōu jué de hěn tū wù.He suddenly resigned, and everyone found it very abrupt.
- 突兀，。Zhè jù huà fàng zài zhè lǐ xiǎn de hěn tū wù, gēn shàng xià wén bù dā.This sentence feels out of place here — it doesn't fit the context.
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