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
Min Nan (POJ): gió-ní / ngó͘-ní / ngó͘-jíⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ǒu'ěr [Phonetic: óuěr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄦˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ooueel
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁵ ji⁵
  - Yale: ngáuh yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁵ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁵ yi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯¹³ jiː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gió-ní
  - Tâi-lô: gió-ní
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gioynie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ 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 d͡ʑĩ⁵³/

Adverb

偶爾

now and then; from time to time; sometimes
我偶爾去健身房。 / 我偶尔去健身房。 ― Wǒ ǒu'ěr qù jiànshēnfáng. ― I go to the gym every now and then.

Synonyms

偶而 (ǒu'ér)
有時／有时 (yǒushí)
有時候／有时候 (yǒushíhou)
(Min Nan) 拄時陣／拄时阵, 拄陣／拄阵, 有當時／有当时, 有當時仔／有当时仔, 有時仔／有时仔, 有時陣／有时阵, 有陣仔／有阵仔

Antonyms

常常 (chángcháng)

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

偶爾 (-nari inflection, hiragana ぐうじ, rōmaji gūji)

Nari Inflection (ナリ活用)

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, ...

偶爾 (-tari inflection, hiragana ぐうじ, rōmaji gūji)

Tari Inflection (タリ活用)

By accident; by chance.

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