突然

突然 tūrán in a sentence

Sudden (abrupt - unexpected)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 2 sentences

突然 (tūrán) means Sudden (abrupt - unexpected). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

突然 下雨了。

Tiān tūrán xià yǔ le.

It suddenly started raining.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 突然

突然 站起来走了。

Tā tūrán zhàn qǐlai zǒu le.

He suddenly stood up and left.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 突然

Questions about 突然

How is 突然 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 突然 (tūrán, "Sudden (abrupt - unexpected)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 突然 an HSK word?

Yes — 突然 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

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