倏忽

Chinese

		sudden; abrupt	suddenly
trad. (倏忽)		倏	忽
simp. #(倏忽)		倏	忽
alternative forms		倐忽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūhū, shùhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄏㄨ, ㄕㄨˋ ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ fat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuhu
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-hu¹
    • Yale: shū-hū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhu
    • Palladius: шуху (šuxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùhu
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-hu¹
    • Yale: shù-hū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhhu
    • Palladius: шуху (šuxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ fat¹
    • Yale: sūk fāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ fat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ fed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ fɐt̚⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*liwk  m̥ˤut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯwɢ  hmɯːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	倏	忽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū	hū
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyuwk ›	‹ xwot ›
Old Chinese	/*liwk/	/*m̥ˁut/
English	rapid, sudden	careless; confused
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倏	忽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15487	13211
Phonetic component	攸	勿
Rime group	覺	物
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	叔	忽
Old Chinese	/*hljɯwɢ/	/*hmɯːd/
Notes	原訛倐依説文集韻改

Adverb

倏忽

1. (literary) suddenly; in a flash

Synonyms

• 一下 (yīxià)
• 一下子 (yīxiàzi)
• 一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
• 一頭／一头 (yītóu)
• 乍然 (zhàrán) (literary)
• 忽地 (hūdì)
• 忽然 (hūrán)
• 𢫦𢫦風／𢫦𢫦风 (Hakka)
• 暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
• 猛 (měng)
• 猝然 (cùrán)
• 猛然 (měngrán)
• 突然 (tūrán)
• 突然間／突然间 (tūránjiān)
• 豁然 (huòrán) (literary)
• 遽然 (jùrán) (literary)
• 陡 (dǒu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 陡然 (dǒurán)
• 霍然 (huòrán)
• 頓／顿 (literary)
• 頓然／顿然 (dùnrán)
• 驀地／蓦地
• 驀然／蓦然 (mòrán) (formal)
• 驟然／骤然 (zhòurán) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 突然 (“suddenly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		突然, 忽然, 猝然
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		突然, 忽然, 猛然, 驀地, 乍然, 倏忽, 驟然, 猝然, 突然間, 冷不防, 一下, 一下子
Mandarin	Beijing	忽然間, 冒猛地, 冒猛子, 冒冷子, 乍猛地, 乍乍地, 乍麼實兒, 虎拉巴兒, 一下兒, 一下子
	Taiwan	突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間
	Yangzhou	突乎其然
	Singapore	突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間
Cantonese	Guangzhou	突然, 突然間, 突然之間, 失驚無神, 失驚忘神
	Hong Kong	突然, 突然間, 突然之間, 忽然, 忽然間, 忽然之間, 失驚無神, 失雞無神, 一下
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	忽然間
	Taishan	突然之間
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	突然
Gan	Nanchang	突然
Hakka	Meixian	玄工, 玄玄風, 突然
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	突然間, 忽然間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	突然間, 忽然間
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	突然間, 忽然間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	突然間, 忽然間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	突然間, 忽然間
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	突然
	Hong Kong	陣時間
	Senai (Huiyang)	陣間
Northern Min	Jian'ou	臨陣, 三不臨陣
Southern Min	Xiamen	突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Quanzhou	突然, 忽然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Zhangzhou	突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持, 喝一下
	Tainan	突然間, 忽然間, 雄雄, 無張持
	Penang (Hokkien)	雄險
	Singapore (Hokkien)	突然間, 忽然間
	Manila (Hokkien)	忽然間
	Shantou	突然
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	突然
Wu	Shanghai	著生頭裡, 著陌生頭, 著陌生裡, 著末生頭, 辣陌生頭, 辣末生頭, 辣末生裡, 冷陌生頭, 突然之間, 突然, 忽聲能
	Wenzhou	單下