偶
然

Incidentally in Chinese: 偶然 (ǒu rán)

ǒu rán

incidentally

HSK 3.0 Level 52 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1incidentally
  2. 2occasional
  3. 3occasionally
  4. 4by chance
  5. 5randomly

Stroke order

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偶
然

Zhuyin

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ㄡˇ

ǒu

ㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 我偶然找到了它。

    wǒ ǒu rán zhǎo dào le tā。

    I found it by chance.

  • 那个发现纯属偶然。

    nà ge fā xiàn chún shǔ ǒu rán。

    That discovery was quite accidental.

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Related words

当然

dāng rán

only natural

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

果然

guǒ rán

really

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

既然

jì rán

since

竟然

jìng rán

unexpectedly

偶尔

ǒu ěr

occasionally

然而

rán ér

however

仍然

réng rán

still

自然

zì rán

nature

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