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忽然

hū rán

HSK 4 2-character word

What 忽然 means

1. suddenly; all of a sudden

The characters in 忽然

• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 然ráncorrect; right; so

Example sentences

• 忽然天气转为多云。
  Hūrán tiānqì zhuǎn wèi duōyún.
  All of a sudden, it became cloudy.
• 我忽然想起了我死去的妈妈。
  Wǒ hūrán xiǎngqǐ le wǒ sǐqù de māma.
  I suddenly thought of my dead mother.
• 有时我会在一瞬间忽然迷失说话的脉络，像是忽然刮来一阵狂风，将正在演奏的乐谱吹得无影无踪。
  Sometimes I will lose the context of my speech in an instant, as if a sudden gust of wind blows away the music score being played without leaving a trace.