SUDDENLY  忽然忽

QUICKLY AND in a way NOT EXPECTED.
IMMEDIATELYINSTANTANEOUSLYINSTANTLYSTRAIGHTAWAYALL OF A SUDDENALL AT ONCEPROMPTLYABRUPTLYSWIFTLYUNEXPECTEDLYWITHOUT WARNINGWITHOUT NOTICEOUT OF THE BLUEINFORMAL STRAIGHT OFFIN A FLASHLIKE A SHOT
Antonym
Hypernym
  • QUICKBe INTENSE in MOVING OR CHANGING CAUSING the PERIOD of this MOVEMENT OR CHANGE to be INTENSELY SHORT.
    • INTENSELYTo a HIGH DEGREE.
      • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
See also
  • MOMENTPOINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The most common word for suddenness is hū 忽.

    2. Tū 突 and zhà4 乍 "out of the blue" refer to the unforeseen onset of something one has imagined was likely or even possible.

    3. Cù 卒 / 猝 refers to the sudden onset of something before it was expected to occur.

    4. E@ 俄 and é ér 俄而 refer to the abrupt occurrence of an event of strikingly short duration.

    5. Bó 勃 is typically limited in application to the suddenness of the initial emergence of a phenomenon.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    突然

    忽然

    不料

    竟然

    居然

    突兀

    猛然

    驟然

    驀然

    陡然

    遽然

    霍然

    赫然

    猝然

    驀地

    驀地裡

    霍地

    忽地

    猛地

    猛可

    兜的

    忽

    猛

    猛然

    一下子

    突

    陡

    驟

    猝

    溘

    冷丁

    冷不丁

    抽冷子

    抽個冷子

    冷孤丁

    冷不防

    猛不防

    乍猛的

    猛孤丁地

    突如其來

    平地一聲雷

    偏生 refers to a sudden occurrence, out of the blue.

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      SUDDENLY

      repente refers to something occurring suddenly at time when it was not expected.

      subito refers to something occurring suddenly at a time when one has made no preparations for it.

      extemplo refers to someting occurring abruptly and momentarily.

      e vestigio focusses on place and refers to something erupting in a certain place.

      illico refers to something occurring at great speed, and suddenly.

    • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 176

    • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 345

    • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 98

    • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 184

    • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 237

    • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 188

    • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 553

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • vadV : 46
    • VPadV : 15
    • VPadS : 8
    • PPadS : 6
    • vi : 2
    • padS : 1
    • VPi : 1
    • vi-V{SUFF}.adV : 1
    • vadN : 1
    • v-V1.adV2 : 1

    Attributions by text

    • 百喻經 : 12
    • 祖堂集 : 12
    • 荀子 : 8
    • 莊子 : 7
    • 賢愚經 : 6
    • 韓非子 : 5
    • 春秋左傳 : 3
    • 韓詩外傳 : 3
    • 六祖壇經 : 3
    • 搜神記 : 2
    • 淮南子 : 2
    • 論語 : 2
    • 論衡 : 2
    • 孟子 : 2
    • 法集要頌經 : 2
    • 文選 : 1
    • 說苑 : 1
    • 笑林一卷 : 1
    • 戰國策 : 1
    • 阮籍集四卷 : 1
    • 法句經 : 1
    • 尚書 : 1
    • 毛詩 : 1
    • 史記 : 1
    • 楚辭 : 1
    • 古列女傳 : 1

    Words

    猝  cù OC: skhuud MC: tshuot
    卒  cù OC: skhuud MC: tshuot 12 AttributionsWD

    Cù 卒/猝 refers to the sudden onset of something before it was expected to occur.

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • vadNsudden
    • vadVurgently; drastically; abruptly; suddenly; at one go; for the moment
    忽  hū OC: hmɯɯd MC: huot 9 AttributionsWD

    The most common word for suddenness is hū 忽.

      Syntactic words
    • vadVmomentarily, fleetingly; suddenly
    • vicome on fast, be sudden
    忽然  hū rán OC: hmɯɯd njen MC: huot ȵiɛn 9 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVsuddenly, unexpectedly, (> unmotivated)
    • VPibe a matter of a sudden momentCH
    俄則  é zé OC: ŋaal skɯɯɡ MC: ŋɑ tsək 6 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • PPadSsuddenly, before one knows it
    俄  é OC: ŋaal MC: ŋɑ 5 AttributionsWD

    E@ 俄 and é ér 俄而 refer to the abrupt occurrence of an event of strikingly short duration.

      Syntactic words
    • padSall of a sudden, out of the blueCH
    • vadVsuddenly; abruptly
    • vi-V{SUFF}.adVsuddenly
    儻  tǎng OC: thaaŋʔ MC: thɑŋ 5 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVZHUANG: suddenly; unexpected; if suddenly
    乍  zhà OC: dzraaɡs MC: ɖʐɣɛ 4 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVabruptly; suddenly out of the blue; unexpectedly; inadvertently; once...then
    卒然  cù rán OC: skhuud njen MC: tshuot ȵiɛn 4 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVfor some reason or other; unpredictably; suddenly
    突  tū OC: duud MC: duot 3 AttributionsWD

    Tū 突 and zhà4 乍 "out of the blue" refer to the unforeseen onset of something one has imagined was likely or even possible.

      Syntactic words
    • vadVunexpectedly and suddenly
    不覺  bù jué OC: pɯʔ kruuɡ MC: pi̯ut kɣɔk 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSsuddenly, before you know it; before you know of it
    一  yī MC: 'jit OC: qliɡCH 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVall at once; out of the blue; all of a suddenCH
    瞥  piē OC: pheed MC: phet 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVsuddenly, instantly
    倏然  shū rán OC: qhljɯwɡ njen MC: ɕuk ȵiɛn 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSsuddenly, abruptly
    卒爾  cù ěr OC: skhuud mljelʔ MC: tshuot ȵiɛ 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVsuddenly; all at once
    豁然  huò rán OC: qhʷaad njen MC: hʷɑt ȵiɛn 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSsuddenly, abruptly
    奄  yǎn OC: qromʔ MC: ʔiɛm 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVarchaic: all of a sudden
    暫  zàn OC: dzaams MC: dzɑm 1 AttributionWD

      Syntactic words
    • nadVsuddenly; for a short moment
    • vadNsuddenly; suddenly for a short moment
    蹙  cù OC: sklɯwɡ MC: tsuk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVsuddenly
    迫  pò OC: praaɡ MC: pɣɛk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • v-V1.adV2approaching with sudden force or acute urgency
    驟  zhòu OC: sɡrus MC: ɖʐɨu 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVall of a sudden
    奄然  yǎn rán OC: qromʔ njen MC: ʔiɛm ȵiɛn 1 AttributionWD
    • () p. 1387a,#2

      SOUSHENJI, HOUHANSHU

      Syntactic words
    • VPadVsuddenly
    忽焉  hū yān OC: hmɯɯd qran MC: huot ʔiɛn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVall of a sudden
    忽爾  hū ěr OC: hmɯɯd mljelʔ MC: huot ȵiɛ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVsuddenly
    瞥然  piē rán OC: pheed njen MC: phet ȵiɛn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVsuddenly, instantly
    突然  tū rán OC: thuud njen MC: thuot ȵiɛn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVunexpectedly and suddenly
    指而  zhǐ ér MC: tsyijX nyi OC: kjiʔ njɯCH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadS"just allowing you to point your finger at it"> out of the blue, all of a suddenCH
    勃  bó OC: bɯɯd MC: buot 0 AttributionsWD

    Bó 勃 is typically limited in application to the suddenness of the initial emergence of a phenomenon.

      Syntactic words
    • vadVsuddenly
    頓  dùn OC: tuuns MC: tuo̝n 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVsuddenly
    瞥爾  piē ěr OC: pheed mljelʔ MC: phet ȵiɛ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVsuddenly
    飛  fēi OC: pɯl MC: pɨi 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVall of a sudden; out of nothing

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