Chinese symbol for “occasionally”
偶尔
ǒu ěr
Traditional: 偶爾
occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
The closest CC-CEDICT match for occasionally is 偶尔 (ǒu ěr), defined as: occasionally; once in a while; sometimes.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “occasionally”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时而 (時而) | shí ér | occasionally; from time to time |
| 间或 (間或) | jiàn huò | occasionally; now and then |
| 偶而 | ǒu ér | occasionally; once in a while |
| 偶然 | ǒu rán | incidentally; occasional |
| 不时 (不時) | bù shí | from time to time; now and then |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 偶尔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偶像 | ǒu xiàng | idol |
| 偶然 | ǒu rán | incidentally; occasional |
| 配偶 | pèi ǒu | spouse |
| 玩偶 | wán ǒu | toy figurine; action figure |
| 木偶 | mù ǒu | puppet |
| 摩尔 (摩爾) | mó ěr | mole (chemistry) |
| 高尔夫 (高爾夫) | gāo ěr fū | (loanword) golf |
| 高尔夫球 (高爾夫球) | gāo ěr fū qiú | golf; golf ball |
See also: Japanese symbol for “occasionally”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.