偶發

Chinese

		accidental; image; pair accidental; image; pair; mate	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (偶發)		偶	發
simp. (偶发)		偶	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǒufā

  (Zhuyin): ㄡˇ ㄈㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁵ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǒufā
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǒufa
    • Wade–Giles: ou³-fa¹
    • Yale: ǒu-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ooufa
    • Palladius: оуфа (oufa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁵ faat³
    • Yale: ngáuh faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁵ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁵ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯¹³ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/

Verb

偶發

1. to happen by chance; to be accidental

   • 御妻偶發沉痾心痛之疾，惟玲瓏心可愈。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     御妻偶发沉疴心痛之疾，惟玲珑心可愈。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《封神演義》第二六回

     Yù qī ǒufā chénkē xīntòng zhī jí, wéi línglóng xīn kě yù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 2024 September 20, “日本男童深圳遇襲與「偶發事件」：民族主義情緒下的中日關係何去何從 [The attack on a Japanese boy in Shenzhen and the "accidental incident": Where will Sino-Japanese relations go from here amid nationalist sentiments?]”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     深圳警方對多家內地媒體多次強調這是「偶發個案」，表示嫌疑人已被抓獲，具體動機不明。 [MSC, trad.]
     深圳警方对多家内地媒体多次强调这是「偶发个案」，表示嫌疑人已被抓获，具体动机不明。 [MSC, simp.]

     Shēnzhèn jǐngfāng duì duō jiā nèidì méitǐ duōcì qiángdiào zhè shì “ǒufā gè'àn”, biǎoshì xiányírén yǐ bèi zhuāhuò, jùtǐ dòngjī bùmíng. [Pinyin]

     Shenzhen police repeatedly emphasized to many mainland media that this was an "occasional case" and stated that the suspect had been arrested and the specific motive was unknown.

Derived terms

• 偶發性／偶发性