粵

突dat6然jin4之zi1間gaan1

simp突然之间
dat6 jin4 zi1 gaan1tū rán zhī jiān

English

  1. Suddenly
  2. suddenly; without warning

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 完全冇預警;意料之外而且發生得好快

Examples

  • 我尋晚瞓瞓吓突然間紮醒咗。

    I woke up suddenly last night.

  • 道門突然之間砰一聲閂埋咗。

    All of a sudden, the door shut with a bang.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 突然之間,三隻狗出現在我們面前。

    All of a sudden, three dogs appeared in front of us.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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