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顿时

dùn shí

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 頓時

What 顿时 means

1. immediately; suddenly

The characters in 顿时

• 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
• 时shío'clock; time; when

Example sentences

• 她的脸顿时红了。
  Tā de liǎn dùnshí hóng le.
  Her face turned red suddenly.
• 当我第一次回波士顿时，我真是孤独。
  When I first came back to Boston, I was really lonely.
• 看着自己的房子被烧得精光，他顿时丧失了理智。
  Kàn zhe zìjǐ de fángzi bèi shāo de jīngguāng, tā dùnshí sàngshī le lǐzhì.
  He lost his reason when he saw his house burn down.

Words containing 顿时

• 华盛顿时报Huá shèng dùn Shí bàoWashington Times (newspaper)