义项
在很短的时间里发生，让人没想到
Something happening with no warning. As an adverb it sits before the verb — 他突然走了 — and the surprise belongs to the speaker, not to the event.
adverb出人意料的
adjective
例句
- 他突然生病了，不能来上班。他突然生病了，不能來上班。Tā (first tone, high and level) tūrán (first tone, high and level) shēngbìng (first tone, high and level) le, (neutral tone) bù (fourth tone, falling) néng (second tone, rising) lái (second tone, rising) shàngbān. (fourth tone, falling)···
He suddenly fell ill and can’t come to work.
- 我们正在吃饭，他突然来了。我們正在吃飯，他突然來了。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) zhèngzài (fourth tone, falling) chīfàn, (first tone, high and level) tā (first tone, high and level) tūrán (first tone, high and level) lái (second tone, rising) le. (neutral tone)···
We were in the middle of dinner when he suddenly turned up.
常见错误
不太对他生病突然了。
正确他突然生病了。
A Chinese adverb comes before the verb it modifies and never after it. The rule is the same for 已经, 就, 也, 都 and 一直 — the modifier leads.