| 挫 | cuò | obstructed; to fail; to oppress; to repress; to lower the tone; to bend back; to dampen |
| 挫折 | cuò zhé | setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue |
| 挫败 | cuò bài | to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); to defeat |
| 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) |
| 受挫 | shòu cuò | thwarted; obstructed; setback |
| 下挫 | xià cuò | (of sales, prices etc) to fall; to drop; decline; slump |
| 力挫 | lì cuò | to win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition |
| 抑扬顿挫 | yì yáng dùn cuò | pattern or falling, remaining even and rising in pitch and rythm; inflection; intonation; cadence |
| 折挫 | zhé cuò | to frustrate; to inhibit; to make things difficult |
| 挫折感 | cuò zhé gǎn | frustration |
| 顿挫抑扬 | dùn cuò yì yáng | cadence of speech (idiom) |
