骤 zhòu
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 马 — horse
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
骤然
zhòurán
suddenly; abruptly
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 市场情绪骤然逆转，使原本稳定的股价在半小时内大幅下跌。 Shìchǎng qíngxù zhòurán nìzhuǎn, shǐ yuánběn wěndìng de gǔjià zài bàn xiǎoshí nèi dàfú xiàdiē. Market sentiment suddenly reversed, causing previously stable share prices to fall sharply within half an hour.
- 天气骤然变冷，我把厚衣服从柜子里翻了出来。 Tiānqì zhòurán biàn lěng, wǒ bǎ hòu yīfu cóng guìzi li fānle chūlái. The weather turned cold abruptly, so I dug thick clothes out of the cupboard.
- 音乐骤然停止，全场安静了几秒钟。 Yīnyuè zhòurán tíngzhǐ, quánchǎng ānjìngle jǐ miǎozhōng. The music stopped abruptly, and the whole hall fell silent for a few seconds.
Related words
- 步骤 bùzhòu step, procedure
- 暴风骤雨 bàofēngzhòuyǔ violent storm; tempestuous upheaval
- 大自然 dàzìrán nature
- 忽然 hūrán suddenly
- 然后 ránhòu then; after that
- 虽然 suīrán although
- 必然 bìrán inevitable; certain to happen
- 当然 dāngrán of course
- 果然 guǒrán sure enough; as expected
- 仍然 réngrán still
- 突然 tūrán suddenly
- 显然 xiǎnrán obviously