忽而 hū'ér suddenly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents hū'ér suddenly 忽 hū adverb suddenly suddenly; all of a sudden而 ér conjunctionparticle [suffix] (bound form) Suffix used to form certain conjunctions or adverbs, such as in 然而 rán'ér or 因而 yīn'ér.hū'ér now ... now ... 忽 hū adverb alternating Used in repeating patterns to mean "now... now..." or "sometimes... sometimes...", describing rapid alternation between states.而 ér conjunctionparticle [suffix] (bound form) Suffix used to form certain conjunctions or adverbs, such as in 然而 rán'ér or 因而 yīn'ér.