







immediately; at once; suddenly
After the theatre let out, the street was at once thronged with people.
The quiet mountain village suddenly became astir.

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Open the tool →顿时 (dùn shí) means “immediately; at once; suddenly”.
顿时 is pronounced dùn shí in Mandarin Chinese.
“immediately; at once; suddenly” is 顿时 (dùn shí) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 顿时, each with pinyin and an English translation.