偶爾

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 偶爾

  1. now and then; from time to time; sometimes
    偶爾健身房 [MSC, trad.]
    偶尔健身房 [MSC, simp.]
    ǒu'ěr qù jiànshēnfáng. [Pinyin]
    I go to the gym every now and then.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 偶爾

  1. occasional; infrequent; intermittent; irregular

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぐう
Grade: S

Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

From (, “by chance”) + (ji, “situation”)

Adjective

(ぐう)() (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, ...

(ぐう)() (gūji-tari (adnominal (ぐう)()とした (gūji to shita) or (ぐう)()たる (gūji taru), adverbial (ぐう)() (gūji to) or (ぐう)()として (gūji to shite))

  • Tari Inflection (タリ活用)
  1. By accident; by chance.