顿时
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
Stroke order
Examples
- 听到这个好消息，大家顿时欢呼起来。Hearing the good news, everyone immediately cheered.