偶尔

ǒu’ěr

occasionally; once in a while; sometimes

adverbadjective HSK 3.0 · Band 4 trad. 偶爾

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偶
尔

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偶
  • 偶然ǒuránincidentallyB5
  • 偶像ǒuxiàngidolB6
  • 木偶mù’ǒupuppetB7
  • 配偶pèi’ǒuspouseB7

See it in sentences

我偶尔喝一点酒。

I occasionally drink a little.

他偶尔来我家吃饭。

He comes to my place for dinner once in a while.