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English

1. suddenly; all of a sudden
2. suddenly; abruptly; all of a sudden

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 形容事情發生得好快，仲出乎意料

Examples

• 佢忽然走咗，冇人知佢去咗邊。

  He went suddenly that no one knows his whereabouts.

• 佢忽然打咗個大乞嚏，嚇親側邊啲人。

  He made a big sneeze suddenly and made everyone nearly fall off their chairs.

• 忽然天氣轉為多雲。

  All of a sudden, it became cloudy.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 我忽然想起了我死去的妈妈。

  I suddenly thought of my dead mother.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 有时我会在一瞬间忽然迷失说话的脉络，像是忽然刮来一阵狂风，将正在演奏的乐谱吹得无影无踪。

  Sometimes I will lose the context of my speech in an instant, as if a sudden gust of wind blows away the music score being played without leaving a trace.

  Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY