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偶

ǒu

HSK 4 Character

What 偶 means

1. accidental
2. image
3. pair
4. mate

Example sentences

• 人各有偶。
  Every Jack has his Jill.
• 我偶尔做。
  I seldom do that.
• 他偶尔逃学。
  He is sometimes absent from school.
• 我偶尔打网球。
  I play tennis once in a while.
• 它偶尔会发生。
  It happens occasionally.
• 露西偶尔拜访梅。
  Lucy sometimes visits May.

Words starting with 偶

• 偶尔ǒu ěroccasionally; once in a while; sometimes
• 偶然ǒu ránincidentally; occasional; occasionally
• 偶像ǒu xiàngidol
• 偶遇ǒu yùto meet by chance
• 偶而ǒu éroccasionally; once in a while
• 偶然性ǒu rán xìngchance; fortuity; serendipity
• 偶人ǒu rénidol (i.e. statue for worship)
• 偶合ǒu hécoincidence
• 偶数ǒu shùeven number
• 偶极ǒu jídipole (e.g. magnetic dipole)
• 偶犯ǒu fàncasual offender; casual offense
• 偶见ǒu jiànto happen upon; to see incidentally; occasional
• 偶像剧ǒu xiàng jùidol drama; drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity…
• 偶函数ǒu hán shùeven function (math.)
• 偶然事件ǒu rán shì jiànrandom accident; chance event
• 偶联反应ǒu lián fǎn yìngchain reaction (chemistry)
• 偶语弃市ǒu yǔ qì shìchance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
• 偶蹄ǒu tíartiodactyl (zoology)
• 偶蹄目ǒu tí mùArtiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
• 偶蹄类ǒu tí lèiArtiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
• 偶买嘎ǒu mǎi gā(loanword) oh my God!
• 偶像包袱ǒu xiàng bāo fuburden of having to maintain one's image as a pop idol
• 偶一ǒu yīaccidentally; once in a while; very occasionally
• 偶一为之ǒu yī wéi zhīto do sth once in a while (idiom); to do sth more as an exception than the rule

Words containing 偶

• 配偶pèi ǒuspouse
• 木偶mù ǒupuppet
• 玩偶wán ǒutoy figurine; action figure; stuffed animal
• 对偶duì ǒudual; duality; antithesis
• 择偶zé ǒuto choose a spouse
• 无独有偶wú dú yǒu ǒunot alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence…
• 人偶rén ǒupuppet; figure
• 佳偶jiā ǒuhappily married couple
• 力偶lì ǒumoment of forces (mechanics)
• 奇偶jī ǒuparity; odd and even
• 夺偶duó ǒuto contend for a mate
• 布偶bù ǒustuffed toy; rag doll
• 戏偶xì ǒuglove puppet
• 排偶pái ǒuparallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)
• 求偶qiú ǒuto seek a marriage partner; (of an animal) to seek a mate; to court
• 人偶戏rén ǒu xìpuppet show
• 奇偶性jī ǒu xìngparity (odd or even)
• 对偶性duì ǒu xìng(math) duality
• 布偶装bù ǒu zhuāngmascot costume
• 木偶剧mù ǒu jùpuppet show
• 木偶戏mù ǒu xìpuppet show
• 木偶秀mù ǒu xiùpuppet show
• 热电偶rè diàn ǒuthermocouple
• 布袋戏偶bù dài xì ǒuglove puppet (Tw)

Characters that look like 偶

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 倡chàngto initiate; to instigate; to introduce
• 俱jù(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 谟móplan; to practice
• 偎wēito cuddle
• 倔juéused in 倔强
• 惆chóuforlorn; vexed; disappointed

Sounds the same

Read ǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 呕vomit
• 藕root of lotus
• 耦a pair; a mate; a couple
• 𠙶(name of a mountain)
• 𬉼copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood; half alight…
• 禺old variant of 偶