# 倏忽
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shūhū, shùhū
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄏㄨ, ㄕㄨˋ ㄏㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): suk$^1$ fat$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shūhū
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄏㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuhu
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^1$-hu$^1$
*** Yale: shū-hū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhu
*** Palladius: шуху (šuxu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$倏忽 疏忽
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shùhū
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄏㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shùhu
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^4$-hu$^1$
*** Yale: shù-hū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhhu
*** Palladius: шуху (šuxu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: suk$^1$ fat$^1$
*** Yale: sūk fāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: suk$^7$ fat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sug$^1$ fed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊk̚⁵ fɐt̚⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*liwk m̥ˤut/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯwɢ hmɯːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 倏 | 忽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shū | hū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzyuwk › | ‹ xwot › |
| Old Chinese | /*liwk/ | /*m̥ˁut/ |
| English | rapid, sudden | careless; confused |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 倏 | 忽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 15487 | 13211 |
| Phonetic component | 攸 | 勿 |
| Rime group | 覺 | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 叔 | 忽 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljɯwɢ/ | /*hmɯːd/ |
| Notes | 原訛倐依説文集韻改 | |

### Adverb

倏忽
* (literary) suddenly; in a flash

#### Synonyms

* 一下 (yīxià)
* 一下子 (yīxiàzi)
* 一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
* 一頭／一头 (yītóu)
* 乍然 (zhàrán) (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)
* 猛然 (měngrán)
* 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 |