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偶尔ǒu'ěroccasionally

Theme
Adverbs
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
16
Characters
2

How 偶尔 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

偶 — 11 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
尔 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 偶尔

Examples

我偶尔去看他。

Wǒ ǒu'ěr qù kàn tā.

I visit him occasionally.

  • 我wǒI
  • 偶尔ǒu'ěroccasionally
  • 去qùto go
  • 看kànto look; to read
  • 他tāhe

他偶尔喝一杯咖啡。

Tā ǒu'ěr hē yì bēi kāfēi.

He has a cup of coffee now and then.

  • 他tāhe
  • 偶尔ǒu'ěroccasionally
  • 喝hēto drink
  • 一yīone
  • 杯bēicup; measure word for drinks
  • 咖啡kāfēicoffee

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 常常chángchángoften
  • 偶然
  • 尔后