陡然

Chinese

		steep	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (陡然)		陡	然
simp. #(陡然)		陡	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǒurán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˇ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau² jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǒurán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˇ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǒurán
    • Wade–Giles: tou³-jan²
    • Yale: dǒu-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doouran
    • Palladius: доужань (doužanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau² jin⁴
    • Yale: dáu yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau² jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo² yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³⁵ jiːn²¹/

Adverb

陡然

1. suddenly; abruptly

Synonyms

• 一下 (yīxià)
• 一下子 (yīxiàzi)
• 一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
• 一頭／一头 (yītóu)
• 乍然 (zhàrán) (literary)
• 倏忽 (literary)
• 忽地 (hūdì)
• 忽然 (hūrán)
• 𢫦𢫦風／𢫦𢫦风 (Hakka)
• 暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
• 猛 (měng)
• 猝然 (cùrán)
• 猛然 (měngrán)
• 突然 (tūrán)
• 突然間／突然间 (tūránjiān)
• 豁然 (huòrán) (literary)
• 遽然 (jùrán) (literary)
• 陡 (dǒu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 霍然 (huòrán)
• 頓／顿 (literary)
• 頓然／顿然 (dùnrán)
• 驀地／蓦地
• 驀然／蓦然 (mòrán) (formal)
• 驟然／骤然 (zhòurán) (literary)