偶然

ǒu rán · ou ran

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)偶(ǒu)然(rán)碰(pèng)到(dào)了(le)她(tā)。

We met her by accident.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)偶(ǒu)然(rán)在(zài)巴(bā)士(shì)上(shàng)碰(pèng)见(jiàn)了(le)一(yí)位(wèi)旧(jiù)朋(péng)友(yǒu)。

I bumped into an old friend on the bus.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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