突然 tū rán sudden / abrupt / unexpected syn 骤 驟 zhòu sudden / unexpected / abrupt / suddenly / Taiwan pr. [zou4] syn 儵 shù alternate form of 倏 / sudden / abrupt 一雨成秋 yī yǔ chéng qiū a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom) 诈尸 詐屍 zhà shī sudden movement of a corpse (superstition) / fig. sudden torrent of abuse 摇身 搖身 yáo shēn lit. to shake one's body / refers to abrupt transformation / same as 搖身一變|摇身一变 急转直下 急轉直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom) / dramatic change syn 猛 měng ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome syn 串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across syn 匆猝 cōng cù hurried / hasty / abrupt syn 突然气候变化 tū rán qì hòu biàn huà abrupt climate change 忽然 hū rán suddenly / all of a sudden syn 一下子 yī xià zi in a short while / all at once / all of a sudden syn 暴利 bào lì sudden huge profits 突击 突擊 tū jī sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly syn 急剧 急劇 jí jù rapid / sudden syn 蓦然 驀然 mò rán suddenly / sudden syn 刺痛 cì tòng to tingle / to sting / to have a sudden sharp pain / (fig.) to hurt deeply / tingle / prick / sting / stab of pain 突变 突變 tū biàn sudden change / mutation syn 突发事件 突發事件 tū fā shì jiàn emergency / sudden occurrence 灰姑娘 huī gū niang Cinderella / a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity 仓促 倉促 cāng cù all of a sudden / hurriedly syn 急转弯 急轉彎 jí zhuǎn wān to make a sudden turn syn 心血来潮 心血來潮 xīn xuè lái cháo to be prompted by a sudden impulse / carried away by a whim / to have a brainstorm syn 惊雷 驚雷 jīng léi sudden clap of thunder / fig. surprising turn of events syn 箭步 jiàn bù sudden big stride forward 不翼而飞 不翼而飛 bù yì ér fēi to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire syn 猛力 měng lì with all one's might / with sudden force / violently / to slam 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive syn 合着 合著 hé zhe (dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all 三长两短 三長兩短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death syn 灵机 靈機 líng jī sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick syn 茅塞顿开 茅塞頓開 máo sè dùn kāi murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom) / a sudden flash of insight and all is clear syn 闷雷 悶雷 mèn léi muffled thunder / (fig.) sudden shock / blow 回马枪 回馬槍 huí mǎ qiāng sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard) 急遽 jí jù rapid / sudden syn 怦然 pēng rán with a sudden shock, bang etc 遽然 jù rán (literary) all of a sudden syn 飞来横祸 飛來橫禍 fēi lái hèng huò sudden and unexpected disaster (idiom) syn 马失前蹄 馬失前蹄 mǎ shī qián tí lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness syn 暴病 bào bìng sudden attack of a serious illness syn 突 tū to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2] syn 股 gǔ thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions syn 暴卒 bào zú to die of sudden illness / to die suddenly syn 暴 bào sudden / violent / cruel / to show or expose / to injure syn 喔 wo (particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder syn 霎 shà all of a sudden / drizzle 崛地而起 jué dì ér qǐ lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom) / sudden emergence of prominent new feature 暴洪 bào hóng a sudden, violent flood / flash flood syn 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 戄 jué to fear / to be in awe / sudden glance 一闪念 一閃念 yī shǎn niàn sudden idea / flash of insight 嘎然 gā rán (onom.) screech of a sudden stop / suddenly stop (of sounds) / crisply and clearly (of sounds) 奇祸 奇禍 qí huò unexpected calamity / sudden disaster 婴儿猝死综合症 嬰兒猝死綜合症 yīng ér cù sǐ zōng hé zhèng sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) / crib death 幡然改图 幡然改圖 fān rán gǎi tú to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom) 急袭 急襲 jí xí sudden attack 恍然醒悟 huǎng rán xǐng wù a sudden realization / to realize sth in a flash 撒然 sā rán sudden 相向突击 相向突擊 xiāng xiàng tū jī sudden attack from the opposite direction (idiom) 突击检查 突擊檢查 tū jī jiǎn chá sudden unannounced investigation / on-the-spot inspection / to search without notification 兴会 興會 xìng huì sudden inspiration / flash of insight / brainwave syn 那倒是 nà dào shi Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization) 闪念 閃念 shǎn niàn sudden idea / flash of thought 骤死 驟死 zhòu sǐ sudden death (play-off in sporting competition) 骤死式 驟死式 zhòu sǐ shì sudden death style play-off (sporting competition) 突发灾难 sudden-impact disaster 突发紧急情况 sudden emergency 婴儿猝死症 嬰兒猝死癥 sudden infant death syndrome 突发自然灾害 突發自然災害 sudden natural disasters 突发电离层骚扰 突發電離層騷擾 sudden ionosphere disturbance 暴热 暴熱 bào rè to trend / to get popular quickly / sudden heat wave (weather) 怒气攻心 怒氣攻心 nù qì gōng xīn (TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc / (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger syn 蹲 cún (dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing syn 魆 xū dim / dark / sudden / surreptitious / Taiwan pr. [xu4] 咯噔 gē dēng (onom.) thump / clunk (e.g. of footsteps or impact) / (fig.) a sudden emotional jolt / heart skipping a beat syn 