Chinese symbol for “abruptly”
猛然
měng rán
suddenly; abruptly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abruptly is 猛然 (měng rán), defined as: suddenly; abruptly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “abruptly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猝 | cù | abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly |
| 勃 | bó | flourishing; prosperous |
| 乍 | zhà | at first; suddenly |
| 猝然 | cù rán | suddenly; abruptly |
| 骤然 (驟然) | zhòu rán | suddenly; abruptly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 猛然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猛烈 | měng liè | fierce; violent; vigorous; intense |
| 迅猛 | xùn měng | quick and violent |
| 凶猛 (兇猛) | xiōng měng | fierce; violent |
| 猛虎 | měng hǔ | fierce tiger |
| 勇猛 | yǒng měng | bold and powerful; brave and fierce |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abruptly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.