顿时
Old HSK 6
顿时 (dùnshí) · immediately
顿时 (dùnshí) means “immediately; suddenly”. It is written with 2 characters: 顿 (measure word for meals) + 时 (time). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 顿时 is built
The characters
顿 dùn · measure word for meals
What 顿 is made of
- 屯tún — village
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 屮chè — sprout
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 页yè — page
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 人rén — person
- 贝bèi — sea shell
Origin hint: 页 gives the meaning, 屯 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
时 shí · time
What 时 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: day (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
听了这句话，他顿时笑了。Tīng le zhè jù huà, tā dùnshí xiào le.Hearing this, he immediately laughed.
灯一关，房间里顿时黑了。Dēng yì guān, fángjiān lǐ dùnshí hēi le.When the light went off, the room suddenly went dark.
Questions about 顿时
What does 顿时 mean?
顿时 (dùnshí) means “immediately; suddenly”.
How do you pronounce 顿时?
顿时 is pronounced dùnshí.
Which HSK level is 顿时?
顿时 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 停顿tíngdùnto pause
- 整顿zhěngdùnto reorganise
- 顿dùnmeasure word for meals
- 时候shíhoutime
- 时间shíjiāntime
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 有时候yǒushíhousometimes
- 当时dāngshíthen
- 那时候nà shíhouat that time
- 平时píngshíusually
Learn 顿时 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 48: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.