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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

猛 měng
violent, savage, cruel, bold
radical 94 ⽝ · 11 strokes
然 rán
certainly; naturally; suddenly
radical 86 ⽕ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “abruptly”

WordPinyinMeaning
猝cùabruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
勃bóflourishing; prosperous
乍zhàat first; suddenly
猝然cù ránsuddenly; abruptly
骤然 (驟然)zhòu ránsuddenly; abruptly

Related words

Other words that share a character with 猛然.

WordPinyinMeaning
猛烈měng lièfierce; violent; vigorous; intense
迅猛xùn měngquick and violent
凶猛 (兇猛)xiōng měngfierce; violent
猛虎měng hǔfierce tiger
勇猛yǒng měngbold and powerful; brave and fierce
虽然 (雖然)suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc)
然后 (然後)rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
当然 (當然)dāng ránonly 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.

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