# 猛然
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): měngrán
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ㄖㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maang$^5$ jin$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): béng-liân / béng-jiân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng$^2$ riang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: měngrán
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄖㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: měngrán
*** Wade–Giles: mêng$^3$-jan$^2$
*** Yale: měng-rán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meengran
*** Palladius: мэнжань (mɛnžanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$懵然 猛然
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maang$^5$ jin$^4$
*** Yale: máahng yìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maang$^5$ jin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mang$^5$ yin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːŋ¹³ jiːn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: béng-liân
*** Tâi-lô: bíng-liân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: befnglieen
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /biɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: béng-jiân
*** Tâi-lô: bíng-jiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: befngjieen
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ziɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɛn²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mêng$^2$ riang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: méng jiâng
*** Sinological IPA : /meŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/

### Adverb

猛然
* suddenly; abruptly

#### Synonyms

* 一下 (yīxià)
* 一下子 (yīxiàzi)
* 一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
* 一頭／一头 (yītóu)
* 乍然 (zhàrán) (literary)
* 倏忽 (literary)
* 卒爾／卒尔 (cù'ěr) (literary)
* 忽地 (hūdì)
* 忽然 (hūrán)
* 𢫦𢫦風／𢫦𢫦风 (Hakka)
* 暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
* 猛 (měng)
* 猝然 (cùrán)
* 猝爾／猝尔 (cù'ěr) (literary)
* 突然 (tūrán)
* 突然間／突然间 (tūránjiān)
* 豁然 (huòrán) (literary)
* 遽然 (jùrán) (literary)
* 陡 (dǒu) (literary, or in compounds)
* 陡然 (dǒurán)
* 霍然 (huòrán)
* 頓／顿 (literary)
* 頓然／顿然 (dùnrán)
* 驀地／蓦地
* 驀然／蓦然 (mòrán) (formal)
* 驟然／骤然 (zhòurán) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 突然, 忽然, 猝然 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 突然, 忽然, 猛然, 驀地, 乍然, 倏忽, 驟然, 猝然, 突然間, 冷不防, 一下, 一下子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 忽然間, 冒猛地, 冒猛子, 冒冷子, 乍猛地, 乍乍地, 乍麼實兒, 虎拉巴兒, 一下兒, 一下子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 突然, 忽然, 突然間, 忽然間 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 突乎其然 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 突然, 突然間, 突然之間, 失驚無神, 失驚忘神 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 突然, 突然間, 突然之間, 忽然, 忽然間, 忽然之間, 失驚無神, 失雞無神, 一下 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 忽然間 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 突然之間 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 突然 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 突然 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 玄工, 玄玄風, 突然 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 突然間, 忽然間 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 突然間, 忽然間 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 突然間, 忽然間 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 突然間, 忽然間 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 突然間, 忽然間 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 突然 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 陣時間 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 陣間 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 臨陣, 三不臨陣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 突然, 忽然, 無張無持, 無張持 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持, 喝一下 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 突然間, 忽然間, 雄雄, 無張持 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 雄險 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 突然間, 忽然間 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 忽然間 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 突然 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 突然 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 著生頭裡, 著陌生頭, 著陌生裡, 著末生頭, 辣陌生頭, 辣末生頭, 辣末生裡, 冷陌生頭, 突然之間, 突然, 忽聲能 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 單下 |