骤 (zhòu): sudden, unexpected, abrupt
骤 (zhòu) is a Chinese character meaning “sudden.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 马 (semantic) and 聚 (phonetic). It ranks #2013 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 骤 horse. Its radical form 马 (horse) appears in many related characters such as 马 (mǎ, horse), 骑 (qí, to ride), 验 (yàn, to test, to verify).
Definitions
- sudden
- unexpected
- abrupt
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 骤
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骤降verb | zhòu jiàng | to fall rapidly |
| 骤雨noun | zhòu yǔ | sudden downpour |
| 暴风骤雨phrase | bào fēng zhòu yǔ | violent wind and rainstorm |
| 骤然adverb | zhòu rán | suddenly |
| 骤变verb | zhòu biàn | to change suddenly |
| 分步骤 | fēn bù zhòu | step by step |
| 骤死式 | zhòu sǐ shì | sudden death style play-off (sporting competition) |
| 心脏骤停noun | xīn zàng zhòu tíng | cardiac arrest |
| 狂风骤雨phrase | kuáng fēng zhòu yǔ | strong wind and heavy rain (idiom) |
| 骤死 | zhòu sǐ | sudden death (play-off in sporting competition) |
| 急骤adjective | jí zhòu | rapid |
| 骤减verb | zhòu jiǎn | to decrease rapidly |
骤 appears in 13 compound words: 54 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 23 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 骤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
天气骤然变冷，记得多穿衣服。
Tiānqì zhòurán biàn lěng, jìde duō chuān yīfu.
The weather suddenly turned cold; remember to wear more clothes.
...一幕,“三桶油”连续2天涨停,仅A股市值骤增近5200亿元,相当于在两天内再造一个...
. . . yī mù , sān tǒng yóu lián xù 2 tiān zhǎng tíng , jǐn A gǔ shì zhí zhòu zēng jìn 5 2 0 0 yì yuán , xiāng dāng yú zài liǎng tiān nèi zài zào yī gè . . .
... In one scene, the "three barrels of oil" rose and fell for 2 consecutive days, and the market value of the A-share market increased by nearly 520 billion yuan, which is equivalent to creating another one within two days...
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nán kē yù yuē liú diàn huà , kuài sù le jiě xiàn shàng jiù zhěn yù yuē bù zhòu zhǐ nán
Leave the phone number for andrology appointments to quickly understand the step-by-step guide for online medical appointments
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. . . lián sī jī wū měi shuāng fāng zhōu sì jiāng tǎo lùn jié shù é wū chōng tū bù zhòu děng wèn tí
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yuè dǎ zhà shǔ jù chū lú ! chūn jié àn jiàn shǔ zhòu jiàng yuán yīn pù
February fraud data released! The reason for the sharp drop in the number of cases during the Spring Festival was exposed
Character Family
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