驀然

See also: 蓦然

Chinese

		leap on or over; suddenly	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (驀然)		驀	然
simp. (蓦然)		蓦	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòrán
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-jan²
    • Yale: mwò-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohran
    • Palladius: можань (možanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 漠然 驀然／蓦然 默然

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: mahk yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² jiːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 驀然／蓦然 默然

Adverb

驀然

1. (formal) suddenly; all of a sudden

Synonyms

• 一下 (yīxià)
• 一下子 (yīxiàzi)
• 一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
• 一頭／一头 (yītóu)
• 乍然 (zhàrán) (literary)
• 倏忽 (literary)
• 卒爾／卒尔 (cù'ěr) (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)
• 猝爾／猝尔 (cù'ěr) (literary)
• 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
• 驟然／骤然 (zhòurán) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 驀然回首／蓦然回首