顿时 (頓時)
dùn shí
Pinyin

Definition

顿时 (頓時)
 - 
dùn shí
  1. immediately
  2. suddenly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

同时
tóng shí
  1. 1 at the same time
  2. 2 simultaneously
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
时
Shí
  1. 1 surname Shi
时代
Shí dài
  1. 1 Time, US weekly news magazine
时候
shí hou
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 length of time
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period

Idioms (20)

不识时务
bù shí shí wù
  1. 1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
  2. 2 not amenable to reason
不识时变
bù shí shí biàn
  1. 1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
  2. 2 not amenable to reason
俗随时变
sú suí shí biàn
  1. 1 customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
  2. 2 O Tempora, O Mores!
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)

Sample Sentences

爸爸一听顿时瘫坐在地上。
bàba yī tīng dùnshí tān zuò zài dì shang 。
Later, because the neighbors filed a report, the mother's body was discovered in a river not far from their home. And the little child's daddy was the killer.
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老师问了问题，学生们顿时安静了。
lǎoshī wènle wèntí ，xuéshēng men dùnshí ānjìng le 。
When the teacher asked a question, the students immediately grew silent.
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说到她的男朋友，她顿时脸红了。
shuōdào tā de nán péngyou ，tā dùnshí liǎnhóng le 。
When speaking about her boyfriend, she immediately turned red in the face.
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顿时
dùnshí
suddenly, immediately (in the past)
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顿时，孙悟空双手扶头，双脚无力，痛得在地上打滚。
dùnshí ，Sūn Wùkōng shuāngshǒu fú tóu ，shuāngjiǎo wúlì ，tòng de zài dìshang dǎgǔn 。
At once, Monkey was holding his head in his hands, his legs powerless as he rolled around on the ground in pain.
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顿时，那村姑满脸鲜血，倒了下来，一团白烟从她的天灵盖飞了出去。
dùnshí ，nà cūngū mǎnliǎn xiānxuè ，dǎo le xiàlai ，yī tuán báiyān cóng tā de tiānlínggài fēi le chūqù 。
At once, the village girl fell down, her face covered in blood, and a cloud of white smoke flew from out of the top of her head.
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