冷不丁 lěngbudīng suddenly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 冷 lěng sudden (bound form) sudden; unexpected; shot from hiding不 bu particle [potential] Used between a verb and its result to show that the action cannot achieve that result; used as the negative form of the 得 de potential construction丁 dīng extremely small (bound form) Extremely small; a tiny bit