偶
尔

Occasionally in Chinese: 偶尔 (ǒu ěr)

ǒu ěr

occasionally

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 偶爾2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1occasionally
  2. 2once in a while
  3. 3sometimes

Stroke order

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偶
尔

Zhuyin

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ㄡˇ

ǒu

ㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄦˇ

ěr

ㄦ/ erˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

偶尔

Simplified

偶爾

Traditional

Example sentences

See 偶尔 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我偶尔做。

    wǒ ǒu ěr zuò。

    I seldom do that.

  • 它偶尔会发生。

    tā ǒu ěr huì fā shēng。

    It happens occasionally.

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签证

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visa

敲

qiāo

to hit

扔

rēng

to throw

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