Traditional: 突

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Translation

suddenly; to dash out (bound morpheme)

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Stroke order for 突

Examples

He suddenly laughed.

The weather suddenly turned cold.

She stopped suddenly.

His words took me by surprise.

Everything happened very abruptly.

突 (tū) means to dash out, and figuratively suddenly. It is a bound morpheme and most often appears in 突然 (tū rán), suddenly.

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This word is part of lesson 105.