忽
然

Suddenly in Chinese: 忽然 (hū rán)

hū rán

suddenly

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1suddenly; all of a sudden

Stroke order

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忽
然

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨ

hū

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ u—/ first tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 忽然天气转为多云。

    hū rán tiān qì zhuǎn wèi duō yún。

    All of a sudden, it became cloudy.

  • 我忽然想起了我死去的妈妈。

    wǒ hū rán xiǎng qǐ le wǒ sǐ qù de mā ma。

    I suddenly thought of my dead mother.

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Related words

当然

dāng rán

only natural

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

果然

guǒ rán

really

既然

jì rán

since

竟然

jìng rán

unexpectedly

然而

rán ér

however

仍然

réng rán

still

自然

zì rán

nature

必然

bì rán

inevitable

不然

bù rán

not so

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