# 顿时 (dùnshí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 顿时 (dùnshí) means “(adv) immediately; suddenly”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adv) immediately; suddenly
- Pinyin: dùnshí (dun4 shi2)
- Traditional: 頓時
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 听到这个好消息，大家顿时欢呼起来。
  Tīngdào zhège hǎo xiāoxi, dàjiā dùnshí huānhū qǐlái.
  Hearing the good news, everyone immediately cheered.

## Characters

- [顿](https://hanziro.com/word/dun-stop/) (dùn): to stop; to pause
- [时](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-time/) (shí): time; hour

https://hanziro.com/word/dun-shi-immediately/

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