凸起

tūqǐ
verb #32,961

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 2
Qiángmiàn shàng tūqǐ le yī kuài.
A piece is bulging out from the wall.
HSK 7-9
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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