戛然

jiárán
  1. (literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound)
  2. to be loud and clear

CEDICT

literary

Entry Composition

=1 戛 jiá
  1. lance
  2. to tap
  3. to scrape
  4. to chirp
  5. custom
=1 戛 jiá variant of 戛 jiá
2 然 rán
  1. correct
  2. right
  3. so
  4. thus
  5. like this
  6. -ly