突然
Meaning
- sudden; abrupt; unexpected
Example sentence
她突然出名了。
She suddenly became famous.
Characters in 突然
- 突 tū to dash against, to break through; sudden
- 然 rán so, thus; forms adverbs, like English -ly
突 to dash against plus 然, the adverb suffix. Suddenly, and 忽然 is its near twin.