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忽然 hūrán

忽然 hūrán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 忽然 hūrán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hūrán | hu1 ran2
English translation
suddenly
all of a sudden

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Traditional form

忽然 hūrán

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 忽然 hūrán

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

勿心

Number of Strokes

8
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 忽然 hūrán

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春月忽然 hūrán 懊悔 aò huǐ 起来 qǐlai , gāi zài 喝茶 hē chá shí 那么 nà me 端庄 duān zhuāng yǒu .

Suddenly Spring Moon wished she had not been so virtuous at tea.

沉默 chénmò le hěn jiǔ 之后 zhī hòu , 忽然 hūrán 笑了起来 qǐlai .

After a long silence, she broke into a laugh.

忽然 hūrán , 不知 bù zhī shì shuí zài Shuǐ , Quán zài jiǎo shǎng le .

Suddenly, who is knowing in aspersion, be spilled on my foot completely.

突然 tūrán 打住 dǎ zhù , 忽然 hūrán cāi dào le 真相 zhēnxiàng .

He broke off, and suddenly I guessed at the truth.

克佐甫平淡无 de shòu liǎn 忽然 hūrán 严厉 yánlì 起来 qǐlai .

Ke Tso - fu's lean, ordinary - looking face suddenly took on a severe expression.

忽然 hūrán Decomposition

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忽然 hūrán Compounds

See all 11 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 忽然 hūrán in their composition.

  • rán
    • rán , niǎn , rán , , ,
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