偶然

Chinese

 
accidental; image; pair
accidental; image; pair; mate
 
so; thus; like this
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (偶然)
simp. #(偶然)

Pronunciation


Adjective

偶然

  1. accidental; coincidental; by chance; random; fortuitous

Adverb

偶然

  1. accidentally; coincidentally; by chance; fortuitously
    偶然相遇   ǒurán xiāngyù   to meet by chance
  2. occasionally; randomly

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • 偶然對消偶然对消
  • 偶然性 (ǒuránxìng)
  • 偶然音樂偶然音乐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぐう
Grade: S
ぜん
Grade: 4
kan’yōon kan’on

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うぜん [gùúzéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝːzẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

(ぐう)(ぜん) • (gūzen) -na (adnominal (ぐう)(ぜん) (gūzen na), adverbial (ぐう)(ぜん) (gūzen ni))

  1. contingent, casual, accidental, incidental
    Antonyms: 必然 (hitsuzen), 確実 (kakujitsu) (inevitable)
    Antonyms: 不可能 (fukanō), 有り得ない (arienai) (impossible)

Inflection

Adverb

(ぐう)(ぜん) • (gūzen) 

  1. by chance, incidentally
    (むかし)彼女(かのじょ)偶然(ぐうぜん)出会(であ)った
    Mukashi no kanojo ni gūzen deatta.
    I met my ex-girlfriend by chance

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

(ぐう)(ぜん) • (gūzen) 

  1. chance, contingency
    (すべ)偶然(ぐうぜん)は、必然(ひつぜん)である
    Subete no gūzen wa, hitsuzen dearu.
    All chances are inevitable.

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

偶然 • (uyeon) (hangeul 우연)

  1. Hanja form? of 우연 (coincidence; chance; accident; contingency).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adverb

偶然

  1. chữ Hán form of ngẫu nhiên (randomly).

Adjective

偶然

  1. chữ Hán form of ngẫu nhiên (random).
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