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偶然 ǒurán

偶然 ǒurán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 偶然 ǒurán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ǒurán | ou3 ran2
English translation
incidentally
occasional
occasionally
by chance
randomly

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HSK level

5

Traditional form

偶然 ǒurán

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 偶然 ǒurán

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偶 ǒu

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 rén represents the meaning and 禺 yú represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

禺 yú

Semantic compound

亻 rén

Positional decomposition

⿰亻禺

Number of Strokes

11
然 rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 huǒ represents the meaning and 肰 rán represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "ignite; burn", now written as 燃 rán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Phonetic compound

肰 rán

Semantic compound

灬 huǒ

Positional decomposition

⿱肰灬

Number of Strokes

12

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他们 tā men 俩 liǎ 偶然 ǒurán 地 de 展开 zhǎnkāi 了 le 一 yī 场 cháng 斗智 dòu zhì .

The two of them had an encounter of wits.

或许 huòxǔ 你 nǐ 会 huì 在 zài 旧书 jiù shū 摊 tān 上 shǎng 偶然 ǒurán 发现 fāxiàn 这本字典 zì diǎn .

Perhaps you might chance upon the dictionary at some old bookstall.

许多 xǔduō 好 hǎo 主意 zhǔyi 都 dōu 是 shì 偶然 ǒurán 想到 xiǎng dào 的 de .

Many a bright idea has been hit on by accident.

我 wǒ 偶然 ǒurán 得到 dé dào 了 le 几 jī 本 běn 极为 jí wéi 有用 yǒu yòng 的 de 旧书 jiù shū .

I picked up some highly useful old books.

他 tā 偶然 ǒurán 发现 fāxiàn 了 le 这座红砖砌成的 de 森然 sēn rán 高耸 gāo sǒng 的 de 医院 yīyuàn 。

He came upon the hulking redbrick hospital.

偶然 ǒurán Decomposition

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偶然 ǒurán Compounds

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  • 偶 ǒu
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