倏忽

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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. * 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

Dialectal synonyms of 突然 (“suddenly”)
Variety Location Words
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
Northeastern 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
Singapore 突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 突乎其然
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
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