Chinese word dictionary

忽然

hūrán · suddenly; all of a sudden

Word information

Simplified忽然
Traditional忽然
Pinyinhūrán
Part of speech
HSK 3.04
HSK 2.04

How to learn 忽然

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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