赫
然

With astonishment in Chinese: 赫然 (hè rán)

hè rán

with astonishment

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1with astonishment
  2. 2with a shock
  3. 3awe-inspiringly
  4. 4impressively
  5. 5furiously (angry)

Stroke order

Watch how to write 赫然 stroke by stroke.

赫
然

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

Learn how to read Zhuyin

ㄏㄜˋ

hè

ㄏ/ hㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 赫然 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 名单上赫然写着他的名字。

    míng dān shàng hè rán xiě zhe tā de míng zì。

    To everyone's shock, his name was written right there on the list.

Spotted a mistake?

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

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

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

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

Learn 赫然 with spaced repetition

Add 赫然 (hè rán) to your review queue and the FSRS algorithm will schedule it exactly when you're about to forget — then meet it again in a short AI-generated story written at your level.

Start learning free

No credit card required · Free tier included