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突然tūránsuddenly

Theme
Adverbs
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
21
Characters
2

How 突然 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

突 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
然 — 12 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

他突然离开了。

Tā tūrán líkāi le.

He left suddenly.

  • 他tāhe
  • 突然tūránsuddenly
  • 离开líkāito leave
  • 了lecompleted action marker

天突然下雨了。

Tiān tūrán xià yǔ le.

It suddenly started to rain.

  • 天tiānday; sky
  • 突然tūránsuddenly
  • 下雨xià yǔto rain
  • 了lecompleted action marker

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 当然
  • 然后
  • 虽然suīránalthough