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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 突如其来

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
突如其来 tū rú qí lái - to arise abruptly
- to arrive suddenly
- happening suddenly

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 17,589 14,360 14,982

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to dash
- to move forward quickly
- to bulge
- to protrude
- to break through
- to rush out
- sudden
- Taiwan pr. [tu2]
- as
- as if
- such as
- his
- her
- its
- their
- that
- such
- it (refers to sth preceding it)
lái- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4])
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])

Other Words Containing 突如其来

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
突如其来 - 8 17,589 14,360 14,982