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偶然

ǒu rán

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

偶然 (ǒu rán) means "by chance; accidentally". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 偶然 means

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

The characters in 偶然

• 偶ǒuaccidental; image; pair
• 然ráncorrect; right; so

Example sentences

• 我偶然找到了它。
  I found it by chance.
• 那个发现纯属偶然。
  That discovery was quite accidental.
• 我们偶然碰到了她。
  We met her by accident.
• 我偶然发现了那本书。
  I found the book by accident.
• 我偶然发现了那家餐馆。
  I found that restaurant by accident.
• 我觉得这种事情偶然发生。
  I think that things like this happen by chance.

Words starting with 偶然

• 偶然性ǒu rán xìngchance; fortuity; serendipity
• 偶然事件ǒu rán shì jiànrandom accident; chance event

Where 偶然 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Chance, Fortune & Luck (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ǒu rán correctly.
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