偶尔 ǒu’ěr▶ thỉnh thoảng

Stroke order

偶尔 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 偶 — 11 strokes
• 尔 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. occasionally
2. once in a while
3. sometimes

Example sentences

• 我偶尔去看电影。Wǒ ǒu'ěr qù kàn diànyǐng.I occasionally go to the cinema.
• 他偶尔也会做饭。Tā ǒu'ěr yě huì zuò fàn.He occasionally cooks as well.

Related words

• 偶然Ngẫu nhiên
• 偶像thần tượng
• 配偶bạn đời; bạn tình

偶尔 is pronounced ǒu’ěr and means “thỉnh thoảng”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 偶尔 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.