忽 (hū) means Suddenly. Below are 21 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
这个问题不能 忽 视。
Zhège wèntí bù néng hūshì.
This problem cannot be ignored.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 忽视
某天他 忽 然出现了。
Mǒu tiān tā hūrán chūxiàn le.
One day he suddenly appeared.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 某
他 忽 然想起了一件事。
Tā hūrán xiǎng qǐ le yí jiàn shì.
He suddenly remembered something.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 忽然
他 忽 视了身体的信号。
Tā hūshì le shēntǐ de xìnhào.
He ignored the signals from his body.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 忽视
疏 忽 致使了这次事故。
Shūhu zhìshǐ le zhè cì shìgù.
Negligence brought about this accident.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 致使
这个细节很容易被 忽 略。
Zhège xìjié hěn róngyì bèi hūlüè.
This detail is easily overlooked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忽略
细节上不能有任何疏 忽 。
Xìjié shang bù néng yǒu rènhé shūhu.
There can be no oversight in the details.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 疏忽
不要 忽 略身体发出的信号。
Bú yào hūlüè shēntǐ fāchū de xìnhào.
Do not ignore the signals your body sends.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忽略
这次事故是因为一时疏 忽 。
Zhè cì shìgù shì yīnwèi yìshí shūhu.
This accident was due to a momentary lapse.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 疏忽
那一刹那，他 忽 然明白了一切。
Nà yí chànà, tā hūrán míngbai le yíqiè.
In that split second he suddenly understood everything.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 刹那
早睡早起对身体的功效不容 忽 视。
Zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ duì shēntǐ de gōngxiào bùróng hūshì.
The benefit of early nights and early mornings should not be overlooked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 功效
努力固然重要，方法也不能 忽 视。
Nǔlì gùrán zhòngyào, fāngfǎ yě bù néng hūshì.
Effort is certainly important, but method cannot be ignored either.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 固然
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From the graded readers
那一刻，我的眼睛 忽 然湿了。
nà / nèi yīkè, wǒ de(possessive) yǎnjīng hūrán shī le / liǎo / liào.
In that moment my eyes suddenly stung.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
忽 然，灯亮了，我的朋友们都在！
hūrán, dēng liàng le / liǎo / liào, wǒ de(possessive) péngyou men dōu zài!
Suddenly the lights came on and all my friends were there!
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
我 忽 然明白，时间带走的不只是样子。
wǒ hūrán míngbai, shíjiān dàizǒu de / dì bùzhǐ shì yàngzi.
I suddenly understood that what time takes away isn't only how you look.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我们站在那里， 忽 然都不知道说什么好。
wǒmen zhàn zài nàli, hūrán dōu bùzhī dào shuō shénme hǎo / hào.
We stood there and suddenly neither of us knew what to say.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
有一天早上，我起床的时候 忽 然觉得头很晕。
yǒu yī tiān zǎoshang, wǒ qǐchuáng de / dì shíhou hūrán juéde tóu hěn yūn / yùn.
One morning I got up and suddenly felt very dizzy.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
我走上台，看着下面那么多张脸，脑子 忽 然一片空白。
wǒ zǒushang tái, kànzhe xiàmian nàme duō zhāng liǎn, nǎozi hūrán yīpiàn kòngbái.
I walked on stage, looked at all those faces, and my mind went blank.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
那一刻我 忽 然明白：不懂得拒绝的人，时间是不值钱的。
nà / nèi yīkè wǒ hūrán míngbai: bù dǒngde jùjué de / dì rén, shíjiān shì bùzhí qián de / dì.
In that moment I understood: for someone who can't refuse, their time is worth nothing.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
Words that contain 忽
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 忽
How is 忽 used in a sentence?
This page shows 21 sentences using 忽 (hū, "Suddenly"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 忽 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 忽 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 忽?
The dictionary page for 忽 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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