Skip to content

New every day: Korea news, words and grammar — in your language

Pocket Korean

Dictionary › TOPIK 4

TOPIK 4adverb

별안간

byeorangan [벼란간]

별안간 + event (별안간 비가 쏟아지다); noun: 별안간에

suddenly, all of a sudden

Example

별안간 하늘이 어두워지더니 비가 쏟아졌어요.

All of a sudden the sky darkened, and rain poured down.

Word parts

별 glance안 eye간 interval

Literally 'in the space of a glance'.