凸起

tūqǐ
verb #32,961

Meanings

  1. 1 to protrude; to bulge
  2. 2 to be raised; convex
  3. 3 (noun) protrusion; bump

Examples

Qiángmiàn shàng tūqǐle yī kuài.
A piece is bulging out from the wall.
Dìtú shàng de shānmài yòng tūqǐ de xiàntiáo biǎoshì.
The mountain ranges on the map are shown by raised lines.

Tips

memory
The character is a perfect ideogram — its outline literally bulges upward. Pair it with its opposite (āo, 'concave', literally a dent in the character's outline) and you have one of Chinese script's most charming visual jokes.

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