Chinese symbol for “suddenly”
俄
é
suddenly; very soon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for suddenly is 俄 (é), defined as: suddenly; very soon.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “suddenly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忽然 | hū rán | suddenly; all of a sudden |
| 猛然 | měng rán | suddenly; abruptly |
| 骤然 (驟然) | zhòu rán | suddenly; abruptly |
| 陡然 | dǒu rán | suddenly; unexpectedly |
| 猛地 | měng de | suddenly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 俄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 俄尔 (俄爾) | é ěr | see 俄而 (é ér) |
| 联俄 (聯俄) | lián É | alliance with Russia (e.g. of early Chinese communists) |
| 俄顷 (俄頃) | é qǐng | in a moment; presently |
| 俄期 | é qī | abbr. for 俄狄浦斯期 (é dí pǔ sī qī), oedipal phase |
| 俄而 | é ér | (literary) very soon; before long |
See also: Japanese symbol for “suddenly”.
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.