偶而

Chinese

		accidental; image; pair accidental; image; pair; mate	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
trad. (偶而)		偶	而
simp. ^#(偶而)		偶	而

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ǒu'ér

(Zhuyin): ㄡˇ ㄦˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁵ ji⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǒu'ér
  - Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄦˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǒu-ér
  - Wade–Giles: ou³-êrh²
  - Yale: ǒu-ér
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oouerl
  - Palladius: оуэр (ouer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁵ ji⁴
  - Yale: ngáuh yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁵ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁵ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯¹³ jiː²¹/

Adverb

偶而

now and then; from time to time; sometimes

Synonyms

一時／一时 (yīshí)
不時／不时 (bùshí)
久不久 (jiǔbùjiǔ) (regional)
時不時／时不时 (shíbùshí)
時而／时而 (shí'ér)

Dialectal synonyms of 有時 (“sometimes; at times; now and then”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		有時, 有時候, 偶爾, 間或
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	晃晃兒
	Taiwan	有時候
	Singapore	有時候
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	有時候
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	有時候兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	時早晚兒, 時不早晚兒, 時不時
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	久不久, 時不時
Cantonese	Guangzhou	有陣時, 間中, 間或, 耐不耐, 耐唔耐, 耐耐, 耐時, 耐中, 耐唔中, 久時久, 久唔久, 久不久
	Hong Kong	有時, 有陣時, 有時候, 間中, 間唔中, 間唔時, 耐唔耐, 耐耐, 耐不耐, 耐唔時, 久唔久, 久不久, 一時時, 時不時
	Dongguan	耐不耐, 久久
Gan	Nanchang	有時間
Gan	Pingxiang	有時會
Hakka	Meixian	間中, 下把仔, 成下仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	有成時, 成時, 成擺, 一半下
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	有成時, 下把仔, 有時節, 成時, 成下仔, 成擺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	有成時, 成時, 下把, 成下, 成擺, 一半下
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	有成時, 成半下, 成時, 下把, 下把下, 成下, 成擺, 一半下
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	有成時, 成時, 下把, 成下, 成擺, 一半下
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	有時務, 一半下, 一半時務, 一半擺
Southern Min	Xiamen	有時陣, 有當時, 拄陣, 拄時陣
	Quanzhou	有時陣, 拄陣, 拄時陣
	Shishi	有陣
	Zhangzhou	有時陣, 有時仔, 有當時
	Tainan	有當時仔, 有時陣, 拄時陣, 拄著仔, 有時仔 GT, 有時 GT, 罕罕仔 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	有當時, 有時陣
	Manila (Hokkien)	有時陣, 有陣仔, 有陣時, 有陣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耐耐
Wu	Shanghai	有常時, 有辰光, 常時, 難板, 有常
	Shanghai (Chongming)	有常時, 有辰光
	Hangzhou	有時光
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

常常 (chángcháng)