Chinese symbol for “stumbling”
陡然
dǒu rán
suddenly; unexpectedly; abruptly; precipitously
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stumbling is 陡然 (dǒu rán), defined as: suddenly; unexpectedly; abruptly; precipitously; stumbling.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 陡然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陡峭 | dǒu qiào | precipitous |
| 陡坡 | dǒu pō | steep slope; steep incline |
| 陡崖 | dǒu yá | steep cliff; precipice |
| 陡峻 | dǒu jùn | precipitous; high and steep |
| 陡壁 | dǒu bì | steep cliff; precipice |
| 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 “stumbling”.
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.