偶爾

Chinese

		accidental; image; pair accidental; image; pair; mate	thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (偶爾)		偶	爾
simp. (偶尔)		偶	尔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǒu'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄡˇ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁵ ji⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gió-ní / ngó͘-ní / ngó͘-jíⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒu'ěr [Phonetic: óuěr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒu-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: ou³-êrh³
    • Yale: ǒu-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ooueel
    • Palladius: оуэр (ouer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁵ ji⁵
    • Yale: ngáuh yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁵ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁵ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯¹³ jiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gió-ní
    • Tâi-lô: gió-ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gioynie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nĩ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-ní
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofnie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-jíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-jínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofjvie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zĩ⁵³/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 偶爾

1. now and then; from time to time; sometimes

   我偶爾去健身房。 [MSC, trad.]
   我偶尔去健身房。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ ǒu'ěr qù jiànshēnfáng. [Pinyin]

   I go to the gym every now and then.

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 一時／一时 (yīshí)
• 不時／不时 (bùshí)
• 久不久 (jiǔbùjiǔ) (regional)
• 偶而 (ǒu'ér)
• 時不時／时不时 (shíbùshí)
• 時而／时而 (shí'ér)

 

Antonyms

• 常常 (chángcháng)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 偶爾

1. occasional; infrequent; intermittent; irregular

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
偶	爾
ぐう Grade: S	じ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

From 偶 (gū, “by chance”) + 爾 (ji, “situation”)

Adjective

偶(ぐう)爾(じ) • (gūji) ^†-nari

• Nari Inflection (ナリ活用)

1. By accident; by chance.
   • 1911, Inazō Nitobe, Shūyō (修養, Cultivation of the mind)

     これは自分の専門学の余暇に、ただ偶爾の随感随想を述べたるに過ぎざれば、...

     Kore wa jibun no senmon-gaku no yoka ni, tada gūji no zuikan-zuisō o nobetaru-ni sugizareba, ...

偶(ぐう)爾(じ) • (gūji) ^†-tari (adnominal 偶(ぐう)爾(じ)とした (gūji to shita) or 偶(ぐう)爾(じ)たる (gūji taru), adverbial 偶(ぐう)爾(じ)と (gūji to) or 偶(ぐう)爾(じ)として (gūji to shite))

• Tari Inflection (タリ活用)

1. By accident; by chance.