忽然

Chinese

suddenly
 
so; thus; like this
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (忽然)
simp. #(忽然)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (38)
Final () (56) (77)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter xwot nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/huət̚/ /ȵiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/huot̚/ /ȵiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/xuət̚/ /ȵʑjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwət̚/ /ȵian/
Li
Rong
/xuət̚/ /ȵiɛn/
Wang
Li
/xuət̚/ /ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xuət̚/ /ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hu rán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fat1 jin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
rán
Middle
Chinese
‹ xwot › ‹ nyen ›
Old
Chinese
/*m̥ˁut/ /*[n]a[n]/
English careless; confused so, thus; (adv suffix)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13211 10756
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hmɯːd/ /*njen/

Adverb

忽然

  1. suddenly

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (忽然):
  • Japanese: 忽然(こつぜん) (kotsuzen); 忽然(こつねん) (kotsunen)
  • Korean: 홀연(忽然) (horyeon)

Verb

忽然

  1. (Classical, euphemistic) to pass away

Synonyms

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こつ
Jinmeiyō
ぜん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Adjective

(こつ)(ぜん) • (kotsuzen) -tari (adnominal (こつ)(ぜん)とした (kotsuzen to shita) or (こつ)(ぜん)たる (kotsuzen taru), adverbial (こつ)(ぜん) (kotsuzen to) or (こつ)(ぜん)として (kotsuzen to shite))

  1. sudden

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.