突如其來

See also: 突如其来

Chinese

		to dash; to move forward quickly	as (if); such as	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	to come
trad. (突如其來)		突	如	其	來
simp. (突如其来)		突	如	其	来

Etymology

From I Ching, Hexagram 30 (《易经·離卦》):

九四：突如其來如，焚如，死如，棄如。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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九四：突如其来如，焚如，死如，弃如。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Jiǔ sì: tū rú qí lái rú, fén rú, sǐ rú, qì rú. [Pinyin]

The fourth NINE, undivided, shows the manner of its subject's coming. How abrupt it is, as with fire, with death, to be rejected (by all)!

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tūrúqílái, túrúqílái

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄞˊ, ㄊㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dat⁶ jyu⁴ kei⁴ loi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tūrúqílái
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: turúcílái
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu¹-ju²-chʻi²-lai²
    • Yale: tū-rú-chí-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: turuchyilai
    • Palladius: тужуцилай (tužucilaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túrúqílái
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túrúcílái
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-ju²-chʻi²-lai²
    • Yale: tú-rú-chí-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twuruchyilai
    • Palladius: тужуцилай (tužucilaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dat⁶ jyu⁴ kei⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: daht yùh kèih lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dat⁹ jy⁴ kei⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ded⁶ yu⁴ kéi⁴ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐt̚² jyː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/

Idiom

突如其來

1. sudden; suddenly; abrupt; abruptly