突然tū ránsudden; abrupt; unexpected

1. 1.

   sudden; abrupt; unexpectedadjective

• 突sudden
• 然-ly

突然 can stand before a verb, as in 突然下雨, and it can also follow 很, as in 很突然.

1. HSK 1

   天突然下雨了。

   Tiān tūrán xiàyǔ le.

   It suddenly started to rain.

2. HSK 2

   他突然跑了。

   Tā tūrán pǎo le.

   He suddenly ran off.

3. HSK 2

   雨来得很突然。

   Yǔ lái de hěn tūrán.

   The rain came very suddenly.

4. HSK 2

   他来得很突然。

   Tā lái de hěn tūrán.

   He came very suddenly.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   你的衣服怎么湿了？

   Nǐ de yīfu zěnme shī le?

   Why are your clothes wet?

2. 
   Speaker B:

   天突然下雨了。

   Tiān tūrán xiàyǔ le.

   It suddenly started raining.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   雨来得很突然吗？

   Yǔ lái de hěn tūrán ma?

   Did the rain come on very suddenly?

4. 
   Speaker B:

   很突然，我马上跑回来了。

   Hěn tūrán, wǒ mǎshàng pǎo huílai le.

   Very suddenly. I ran back at once.

1. 1.Fill in the blank: 天___下雨了。(It suddenly started to rain.)

   A突然B水C个
2. 2.Which sentence means "He suddenly ran off"?

   A他突然跑了。B我在家。C他很大。
3. 3.Fill in the blank: 雨来得很___。(The rain came very suddenly.)

   A突然B是C的

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Related words

• 马上mǎ shàngat onceHSK 3
• 发生fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to ariseHSK 3
• 快kuàirapid; quick; fastHSK 2
• 正在zhèng zàito be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ingHSK 1
• 回来huí láito return; to come backHSK 2
• 跑pǎoto runHSK 2

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