忽然

Every meaning

In a sentence

• 忽然下起了大雨。

  Suddenly it started pouring rain.

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In the Library

• 住了十几年的地方，忽然像别人家。

  我的房间 · My Room · HSK 4

• 第二天晚上十二点，黄姐忽然来了。

  饼干盒 · The biscuit tin full of notes · HSK 4

• 一个星期天晚上八点，手机忽然响了，屏幕上是一个陌生的号码。

  打错的电话 · The wrong number: a Sunday phone call in Chinese · HSK 4

Its characters

• 忽hūsuddenly (as in 忽然)
• 然ránright; correct

Words with 忽

• 忽视hūshìto neglect
• 忽略hūlüèto ignore
• 忽悠hūyouto con
• 疏忽shūhūnegligence
• 忽冷忽热hūlěng-hūrènow cold, now hot

Words with 然

• 虽然suīránalthough
• 当然dāngránof course
• 然后ránhòuthen
• 突然tūránsuddenly
• 竟然jìngránunexpectedly
• 既然jìránsince
• 然而rán’érhowever
• 仍然réngránstill