顿
时

Immediately in Chinese: 顿时 (dùn shí)

dùn shí

immediately

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 頓時1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1immediately
  2. 2suddenly

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顿
时

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ㄉㄨㄣˋ

dùn

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

顿时

Simplified

頓時

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 听到这个消息,大家顿时高兴起来。

    tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xī, dà jiā dùn shí gāo xìng qǐ lái。

    On hearing the news, everyone suddenly cheered up.

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Related words

顿

dùn

to stop

时

shí

o'clock

时候

shí hou

time

时间

shí jiān

time

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

按时

àn shí

on time

当时

dāng shí

then

及时

jí shí

timely

平时

píng shí

ordinarily

暂时

zàn shí

temporary

准时

zhǔn shí

on time

临时

lín shí

as the time draws near

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