顿时

dùnshí

immediately; suddenly

adverb HSK 3.0 · Band 6 trad. 頓時

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.

顿
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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.

顿
  • 顿dùnto stopB4
  • 停顿tíngdùnto haltB7
  • 抑扬顿挫yìyáng-dùncuòsee 顿挫抑扬B7
  • 整顿zhěngdùnto tidy upB7
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See it in sentences

他顿时明白了。

He suddenly understood.

教室里顿时安静下来。

The classroom suddenly went quiet.