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突然 tūrán

突然 tūrán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 突然 tūrán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tūrán | tu1 ran2
English translation
sudden
abrupt
unexpected

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Traditional form

突然 tūrán

Part of speech

Adverbial adjective / 副形词 Fùxíng cí
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Etymology of 突然 tūrán

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a dog ( quǎn ) running out of a cave ( xué ).

Positional decomposition

穴犬

Number of Strokes

9
rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. huǒ represents the meaning and rán represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "ignite; burn", now written as rán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Phonetic compound

rán

Semantic compound

huǒ

Positional decomposition

肰灬

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 突然 tūrán

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dāng kuài yún 突然 tūrán biàn Lěng shí , jiù 降雨 jiàng yǔ huò 降雪 jiàng xuě .

Rain or snow falls when a cloud is cooled suddenly.

这个 zhè ge 男人 nán rén téng 突然 tūrán 大叫起来 qǐlai .

The man howled out in pain.

突然 tūrán bèi tàn zhào dēng 照中 ér 暴露无遗 bào lù wú yí .

He was suddenly caught in the full beam of a searchlight.

闯进 chuǎng jìn lái de rén 突然 tūrán Cóng de 口袋 kǒu dài tāo chū Dāo lái .

The intruder whipped out a knife from his pocket.

盖茨 Gài cí de jiǎo 不耐烦 bùnàifán 地连 qiāo le shēng , 引起 yǐnqǐ 汤姆 Tāng mǔ 突然 tūrán qiáo le yǎn .

Gatsby's foot beat a short , restless tattoo and Tom eyed him suddenly.

突然 tūrán Decomposition

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突然 tūrán Compounds

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