(ǒu ěr) - occasionally, once in a while in Mandarin
ǒuěrTraditional: 偶爾
Translation
occasionally, once in a while
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Stroke order
偶
尔
Examples
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I occasionally go to the cinema.
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He is occasionally late.
餐。
We also eat Chinese food now and then.
偶尔 (ǒu ěr) sits before the verb. It is the low end of the frequency scale, below 有时 (yǒu shí) and 常常 (cháng cháng).
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