忽然間

See also: 忽然间

Chinese

		suddenly; to pass away	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (忽然間)		忽然	間
simp. (忽然间)		忽然	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūránjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹ jin⁴ gaan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fut-yèn-kiên / fut-yàn-kiân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hut-jiân-kan / hut-liân-kan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūránjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄖㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huránjian
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-jan²-chien¹
    • Yale: hū-rán-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huranjian
    • Palladius: хужаньцзянь (xužanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹ jin⁴ gaan¹
    • Yale: fāt yìhn gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷ jin⁴ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹ yin⁴ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fut-yèn-kiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: fud^ˋ ien^ˇ gien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁵ yan² gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fut̚² i̯en¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fut-yàn-kiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: fud^ˋ (r)ian^ˇ gian^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁵ yan² gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fut̚² (j)i̯an¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hut-jiân-kan
    • Tâi-lô: hut-jiân-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hutjienkafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hut-liân-kan
    • Tâi-lô: hut-liân-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hutlienkafn
    • IPA (Singapore): /hut̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴⁻²¹ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kan⁴⁴/

Noun

忽然間

1. suddenly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 突然 (“suddenly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		突然, 忽然, 猝然
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		突然, 忽然, 猛然, 驀地, 乍然, 倏忽, 驟然, 猝然, 突然間, 冷不防, 一下, 一下子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	忽然間, 冒猛地, 冒猛子, 冒冷子, 乍猛地, 乍乍地, 乍麼實兒, 虎拉巴兒, 一下兒, 一下子
	Taiwan	突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間
	Singapore	突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	突乎其然
Cantonese	Guangzhou	突然, 突然間, 突然之間, 失驚無神, 失驚忘神
	Hong Kong	突然, 突然間, 突然之間, 忽然, 忽然間, 忽然之間, 失驚無神, 失雞無神, 一下
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	忽然間
	Taishan	突然之間
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	突然
Gan	Nanchang	突然
Hakka	Meixian	玄工, 玄玄風, 突然
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	突然間, 忽然間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	突然間, 忽然間
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	突然間, 忽然間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	突然間, 忽然間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	突然間, 忽然間
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	突然
	Hong Kong	陣時間
	Senai (Huiyang)	陣間
Northern Min	Jian'ou	臨陣, 三不臨陣
Southern Min	Xiamen	突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Quanzhou	突然, 忽然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Zhangzhou	突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持, 喝一下
	Tainan	突然間, 忽然間, 雄雄, 無張持
	Penang (Hokkien)	雄險
	Singapore (Hokkien)	突然間, 忽然間
	Manila (Hokkien)	忽然間
	Shantou	突然
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	突然
Wu	Shanghai	著生頭裡, 著陌生頭, 著陌生裡, 著末生頭, 辣陌生頭, 辣末生頭, 辣末生裡, 冷陌生頭, 突然之間, 突然, 忽聲能
	Wenzhou	單下