突
如
其
来

To arise abruptly in Chinese: 突如其来 (tū rú qí lái)

tū rú qí lái

to arise abruptly

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 突如其來1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to arise abruptly
  2. 2to arrive suddenly
  3. 3happening suddenly

Stroke order

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突
如
其
来

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨ

tū

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ u—/ first tone

ㄖㄨˊ

rú

ㄖ/ rㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧˊ

qí

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

突如其来

Simplified

突如其來

Traditional

Example sentences

See 突如其来 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这场突如其来的大雨让我们很吃惊。

    zhè chǎng tū rú qí lái de dà yǔ ràng wǒ men hěn chī jīng。

    This sudden downpour took us all by surprise.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

其

qí

his

如

rú

as

其实

qí shí

actually

其他

qí tā

other

如果

rú guǒ

if

突然

tū rán

sudden

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

极其

jí qí

extremely

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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