忽然

hūrán

suddenly; all of a sudden

adverb HSK 3.0 · Band 4

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

忽
  • 忽视hūshìto neglectB5
  • 忽略hūlüèto neglectB6
  • 忽冷忽热hūlěng-hūrènow hot, now coldB7
  • 忽悠hūyouto rockB7
  • 疏忽shūhuto neglectB7
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See it in sentences

天忽然下起了雨。

It suddenly started to rain.

他忽然想起来了。

He suddenly remembered.