Help - 忽然 and 突然 differences

ouyangjun116

December 07, 2010 at 02:25 PM posted in General Discussion

Hi Everyone,

I could not find this question on ChinesePod, so sorry if it's already been addressed. But I need help understanding the difference between 突然 and 忽然. I'm sure there is a difference, but all info I've found does not give me a clear answer. Hoping someone can tell me very clearly these two... In my Chinese book one of the exercises is to choose from 突然 and 忽然。

例：

1.真奇怪，刚才还好好的，怎么______就哭了？

2.这事情太_____了，我不知道该怎么办。

3.______来了一阵大风，把窗户吹开了。

4.谁也没想到会发生这么_____的事。

Any help is greatly appreciated.

kevin.guo

December 07, 2010 at 04:20 PM

突然、忽然的区别 

“突然“和“忽然“都用在没想到，出乎意料的情况下。但两者词性不同，“突然”是形容词，除了做状语以外，还能作定语、谓语、补语。 “忽然”是副词，只能做状语。 

“突然”和“忽然”都用在没想到，出乎意料的情况下。例如： 
1． 我正要出去，忽然（突然）下起了一阵大雨。 
2． 我的自行车刚才还在这儿，怎么忽然（突然）不见了。 
3． 忽然（突然）停电了。 

“突然”是形容词，除了做状语以外，还能作定语、谓语、补语。“忽然”是副词，只能作状语。 “突然”的其他几种用法： 

一、 突然+（的）+名词。例如： 
1． 情况发生了突然的变化。 
2． 这是一起突然的事故。 
3． 有一个突然的消息要告诉你们。 

二、“很”（程度副词）+突然：突然+“极了”或“得很”。例如： 
1． 事情的发生很（太、非常、十分）突然。 事情的发生突然极了（得很）。 
2． 天气的变化很突然。 天气的变化突然极了（得很）。 

三、动词+得+（……）突然。例如： 
1．他的病来得有点儿突然。 
2．事故发生的那么突然。 

四、其他。例如： 
1． 你认为发生这样的事情突然吗？

ouyangjun116

December 08, 2010 at 05:21 AM

kevin.guo,

多谢多谢！你的帮忙太好了！谢谢花时间说明这两个词有什么区别！

zhenlijiang

December 07, 2010 at 03:20 PM

For your reference:

http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/10158

ouyangjun116

December 08, 2010 at 02:18 PM

关于用谷歌找到Cpod的消息。。。很好好主意！

zhenlijiang

December 08, 2010 at 06:40 AM

ouyangjun, it wasn't too long ago, I was in the discussion myself, and I had a pretty good recollection who had asked the question. So I went searching for it manually (I'm not recommending this. It can be time-consuming). The search function on site couldn't have turned up anything unless you did remember that discussion, because as you see the title of the post mentions no 忽然 no 突然.

But it's been said by other poddies before, the best way, if you want to search and find something on CPod, is to google it.

If I do remember a discussion from the past on a question I'll try to post a link to it. It's my way of trying to get the most use of the existing knowledge on the site for all of us. I also hope it might keep our teachers and other knowledgeable people feeling that their help is truly appreciated, and not a waste of their effort.

ouyangjun116

December 08, 2010 at 05:19 AM

zhenlijiang,

Thanks for your link. I can never find anything when I use the C-Pod search function, so either you had seen the linked post previously and remembered it... or you are able to use the search functionality much more efficiently than me... if it's the latter of the two, please let me know how :)