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突然

tū rán 1–2

sudden; abrupt; unexpected

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 2.0 level 3 · HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
突 · 然
Syllables
2
tū rán
Frequency
Common
corpus count 644

Part of speech: ad,a

Character by character

  • 突tū9 strokesHSK 3suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly
  • 然rán12 strokesHSK 2yes, certainly; pledge, promise

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 她突然出名了。

    Tā tū rán chū míng le

    She suddenly became famous.

  • 我突然想到你。

    Wǒ tū rán xiǎng dào nǐ

    I'm thinking about you.

  • 我突然好想大叫。

    Wǒ tū rán hǎo xiǎng dà jiào

    I felt an impulse to cry out loud.

  • 他突然看见了我。

    Tā tū rán kàn jiàn le wǒ

    Suddenly he saw me.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 突然. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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