忽
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hū · suddenly, abruptly

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8Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

Keep the upper section balanced above the lower section.

心Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 忽

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hūWords pronounced hū
huWords pronounced hu
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Example sentences

Notice where 忽 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ hū rán xiǎng qǐ le wǒ sǐ qù de māma.我忽然想起了我死去的妈妈。

I suddenly thought of my dead mother.

Source: Tatoeba #343382 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zé bèi le wǒ de shū hū.他责备了我的疏忽。

He reprimanded me for my oversight.

Source: Tatoeba #842131 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà liǎng gè rén bú shì yīn wèi guò yú shàng wǎng ér hū shì tā men de háizi.那两个人不是因为过于上网而忽视他们的孩子。

Those people did not neglect their child because they used the Internet too much.

Source: Tatoeba #1208548 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yǒu yì zhǒng wǒ bèi hū lüè le de gǎn jué.我有一种我被忽略了的感觉。

I have a feeling I'm being ignored.

Source: Tatoeba #8744674 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hū rán tiān qì zhuǎn wéi duō yún.忽然天氣轉為多雲。

All of a sudden, it became cloudy.

Source: Tatoeba #797110 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tí jiāo gōng zuò nèi róng zhī qián qǐng zǐxì jiǎn chá, zhè lǐ yǒu shū hū de dì fāng.提交工作内容之前请仔细检查,这里有疏忽的地方。

Edit your work better before you submit it, it's sloppy.

Source: Tatoeba #2455632 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 忽 in context

  1. Say hū, then recall the core meaning: suddenly, abruptly.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 忽然 (hū rán), meaning “suddenly”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 忽 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.