"Abruptly" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 猛然 | měng rán | suddenly / abruptly |   |
| 骤然 | zhòu rán | suddenly / abruptly | |
| 陡然 | dǒu rán | suddenly / unexpectedly / abruptly / precipitously / stumbling | |
| 猝然 | cù rán | suddenly / abruptly | |
| 顿然 | dùn rán | suddenly / abruptly | |
| 勃然 | bó rán | suddenly / abruptly / agitatedly / excitedly / vigorously | |
| 勃 |  bó | flourishing / prosperous / suddenly / abruptly | |
| 乍 | zhà | at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling | |
| 猝 | cù | abruptly / suddenly / unexpectedly | |
| 奄 | yǎn | suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround | |
| 大作 | dà zuò | your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly | |
| 崛起 | jué qǐ | to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) | |
| 突如其来 | tū rú qí lái | to arise abruptly / to arrive suddenly / happening suddenly | |
| 从天而降 | cóng tiān ér jiàng | lit. to drop from the sky (idiom) / fig. to appear unexpectedly / to arise abruptly / out of the blue / to drop into one's lap | |
| 顿觉 | dùn jué | to feel suddenly / to realize abruptly | |
| 骤变 | zhòu biàn | to change suddenly / to change abruptly | |
| 戛然 | jiá rán | (literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound) / to be loud and clear | |
| 草草收场 | cǎo cǎo shōu chǎng | to rush to conclude a matter / to end up abruptly | |
| 蹦出来 | bèng chū lai | to crop up / to pop up / to emerge abruptly | |
| 掉头就走 | diào tóu jiù zǒu | to turn on one's heels / to walk away abruptly | |
