偶爾

Chinese
 
accidental; image; pair
accidental; image; pair; mate
 
thus; so; like that
thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (偶爾) 偶 爾
simp. (偶尔) 偶 尔

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 偶 爾
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 五遘切 兒氏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋəuH/ /ȵiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋəuH/ /ȵiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋəuH/ /ȵʑjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋəwH/ /ȵiə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /ŋuH/ /ȵieX/
Wang
Li		 /ŋəuH/ /ȵʑǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋə̯uH/ /ȵʑie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 òu ěr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ngau6 ji5

Adverb

偶爾

  1. now and then; from time to time; sometimes
    我偶爾去健身房。／我偶尔去健身房。  ―  Wǒ ǒu'ěr qù jiànshēnfáng.  ―  I go to the gym every now and then.

Synonyms
Synonyms of 偶爾

Antonyms

Adjective

偶爾

  1. occasional; infrequent; intermittent; irregular

Japanese
Kanji in this term
偶 爾
ぐう
Grade: S		 じ
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

From 偶(ぐう) (gū, “by chance”) + 爾(じ) (ji, “situation”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

偶(ぐう)爾(じ) • (gūji) †-nari

  1. by accident; by chance
    • 1911, Inazō Nitobe, 修(しゅう)養(よう) (Shūyō) [Cultivation of the mind]:
      これは自(じ)分(ぶん)の専(せん)門(もん)学(がく)の余(よ)暇(か)に、ただ偶(ぐう)爾(じ)の随(ずい)感(かん)随(ずい)想(そう)を述(の)べたるに過(す)ぎざれば、 […]
      Kore wa jibun no senmongaku no yoka ni, tada gūji no zuikan-zuisō o nobetaru ni sugizareba, […]
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Inflection
Classical conjugation of "偶爾なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 偶爾ならぐうじならgūzinara
Continuative (連用形) 偶爾に[1]
偶爾なり[2]		ぐうじに
ぐうじなり		gūzini
gūzinari
Terminal (終止形) 偶爾なりぐうじなりgūzinari
Attributive (連体形) 偶爾なるぐうじなるgūzinaru
Realis (已然形) 偶爾なれぐうじなれgūzinare
Imperative (命令形) 偶爾なれぐうじなれgūzinare
Key constructions
Negative 偶爾ならずぐうじならずgūzinarazu
Contrasting conjunction 偶爾なれどぐうじなれどgūzinaredo
Causal conjunction 偶爾なればぐうじなればgūzinareba
Conditional conjunction 偶爾ならばぐうじならばgūzinaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 偶爾なりきぐうじなりきgūzinariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 偶爾なりけりぐうじなりけりgūzinarikeri
Adverbial 偶爾にぐうじにgūzini
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

Adjective

偶(ぐう)爾(じ) • (gūji) †-tari (adnominal 偶(ぐう)爾(じ)たる (gūji taru), adverbial 偶(ぐう)爾(じ)と (gūji to) or 偶(ぐう)爾(じ)として (gūji to shite))

  1. by accident; by chance

Inflection
Classical conjugation of "偶爾たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 偶爾たらぐうじたらgūzitara
Continuative (連用形) 偶爾と[1]
偶爾たり[2]		ぐうじと
ぐうじたり		gūzito
gūzitari
Terminal (終止形) 偶爾たりぐうじたりgūzitari
Attributive (連体形) 偶爾たるぐうじたるgūzitaru
Realis (已然形) 偶爾たれぐうじたれgūzitare
Imperative (命令形) 偶爾たれぐうじたれgūzitare
Key constructions
Negative 偶爾たらずぐうじたらずgūzitarazu
Contrasting conjunction 偶爾たれどぐうじたれどgūzitaredo
Causal conjunction 偶爾たればぐうじたればgūzitareba
Conditional conjunction 偶爾たらばぐうじたらばgūzitaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 偶爾たりきぐうじたりきgūzitariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 偶爾たりけりぐうじたりけりgūzitarikeri
Adverbial 偶爾とぐうじとgūzito
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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