偶然 [－－]

Jyutping ngau5 jin4
Pinyin ǒu rán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. incidentally
  2. occasional
  3. occasionally
  4. by chance
  5. randomly
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    事前​冇​計劃過​，​亦​都​唔​係​特登去​做​，​只​係​咁​啱​就​發生​咗
    accidentally; by chance
    • 部車死火唔係偶然，都好耐冇大檢過。
      部车死火唔系偶然，都好耐冇大检过。
      bou6 ce1 sei2 fo2 m4 hai6 ngau5 jin4, dou1 hou2 noi6 mou5 daai6 gim2 gwo3.
      This car did not just breakdown by chance; it's been a long time since its last major inspection.
    • 尋日我喺街上面偶然撞到阿松，見到佢喺度買萌娘公仔。
      寻日我喺街上面偶然撞到阿松，见到佢喺度买萌娘公仔。
      cam4 jat6 ngo5 hai2 gaai1 soeng6 min6 ngau5 jin4 zong6 dou3 aa3 cung4, gin3 dou2 keoi5 hai2 dou6 maai5 mang4 noeng4 gung1 zai2.
      Yesterday I ran into A-chung by chance, seeing him buy Moe anime girl dolls.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    accidental; coincidental; by chance; random; fortuitous
  2. adv
    occasionally; randomly
  3. adv
    accidentally; coincidentally; by chance; fortuitously
    • 偶然相遇
      偶然相遇
      ǒu rán xiāng yù
      to meet by chance
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #536
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    那个发现纯属偶然。
    那個發現純屬偶然。
    nà ge fā xiàn chún shǔ ǒu rán 。
    • That discovery was quite accidental.
  2. Mandarin
    我们偶然碰到了她。
    我們偶然碰到了她。
    wǒ men ǒu rán pèng dào le tā 。
    • We met her by accident.
  3. Mandarin
    他偶然在古董店里发现了这个旧硬币。
    他偶然在古董店裏發現了這個舊硬幣。
    tā ǒu rán zài gǔ dǒng diàn lǐ fā xiàn le zhè ge jiù yìng bì 。
    • He came across this old coin in an antique shop.
  4. Mandarin
    他乘飞机去了芝加哥，在那里偶然遇见了一个朋友。
    他乘飛機去了芝加哥，在那裏偶然遇見了一個朋友。
    tā chéng fēi jī qù le zhī jiā gē ， zài nà li ǒu rán yù jiàn le yí gè péng you 。
    • He flew to Chicago, where he happened to see a friend.
  5. Mandarin
    我偶然在巴士上碰见了一位旧朋友。
    我偶然在巴士上碰見了一位舊朋友。
    wǒ ǒu rán zài bā shì shàng pèng jiàn le yī wèi jiù péng you 。
    • I bumped into an old friend on the bus.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    部车死火唔系偶然，都好耐冇大检过。
    部車死火唔係偶然，都好耐冇大檢過。
    bou6 ce1 sei2 fo2 m4 hai6 ngau5 jin4, dou1 hou2 noi6 mou5 daai6 gim2 gwo3.
    • This car did not just breakdown by chance; it's been a long time since its last major inspection.
  2. Cantonese
    寻日我喺街上面偶然撞到阿松，见到佢喺度买萌娘公仔。
    尋日我喺街上面偶然撞到阿松，見到佢喺度買萌娘公仔。
    cam4 jat6 ngo5 hai2 gaai1 soeng6 min6 ngau5 jin4 zong6 dou3 aa3 cung4, gin3 dou2 keoi5 hai2 dou6 maai5 mang4 noeng4 gung1 zai2.
    • Yesterday I ran into A-chung by chance, seeing him buy Moe anime girl dolls.
  3. Cantonese
    偶然
    偶然
    ngau5 jin4
    • by chance
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    偶然
    偶然
    ǒu rán
    • occasionally, accidentally
  2. Mandarin
    过了许多年我们才偶然相逢。
    過了許多年我們才偶然相逢。
    guò le xǔ duō nián wǒ men cái ǒu rán xiāng féng ．
    • Many years were to pass before we crossed our paths again.
  3. Mandarin
    偶然相遇
    偶然相遇
    ǒu rán xiāng yù
    • to meet by chance
  4. Mandarin
    但是人们的错误观点可分为两类：一类是根本的错误，带一贯性，这是难于纠正的；另一类是偶然的错误，带暂时性，这是易于纠正的。
    但是人們的錯誤觀點可分為兩類：一類是根本的錯誤，帶一貫性，這是難於糾正的；另一類是偶然的錯誤，帶暫時性，這是易於糾正的。
    dàn shì rén men de cuò wù guān diǎn kě fēn wéi liǎng lèi ： yī lèi shì gēn běn de cuò wù ， dài yī guàn xìng ， zhè shì nán yú jiū zhèng de ； lìng yī lèi shì ǒu rán de cuò wù ， dài zàn shí xìng ， zhè shì yì yú jiū zhèng de ．
    • But there are two categories of erroneous views, one comprising fundamental, and therefore consistent, errors which are hard to correct, and the other comprising accidental, and therefore temporary, errors which are easy to correct.