忽而

忽而

Chinese

		suddenly	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
simp. and trad. (忽而)		忽	而

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hū'ér

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹ ji⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): hut-lî / hut-jî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hū'ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hu-ér
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-êrh²
    • Yale: hū-ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huerl
    • Palladius: хуэр (xuer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹ ji⁴
    • Yale: fāt yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵ jiː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hut-lî
    • Tâi-lô: hut-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hutlii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hut-jî
    • Tâi-lô: hut-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hutjii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ʑi¹³/

Adverb

忽而

1. now..., now... (usually used twice)