# 突然 (tūrán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 突然 (tūrán) means “suddenly; sudden”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: suddenly; sudden
- Pinyin: tūrán (tu1 ran2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 外面突然下起了大雨。
  Wàimiàn tūrán xiàqǐle dàyǔ.
  It suddenly started raining heavy rain outside.

## Characters

- 突 (tū): to dash; to move forward quickly
- 然 (rán): correct; right

https://hanziro.com/word/tu-ran-suddenly/

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