粵

偶ngau5然jin4

ngau5 jin4ǒu rán

English

  1. incidentally
  2. occasional
  3. occasionally
  4. by chance
  5. randomly
  6. accidentally; by chance

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 事前冇計劃過,亦都唔係特登去做,只係咁啱就發生咗

Examples

  • 「湯姆好出色。佢攞到好高分。」「呢個只係一個偶然嘅事。佢冇可能咁好。」

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

  • 當啲洞穴人過咗條河,行喺一棵偶然跌落嗰度嘅高大樹幹上面嗰陣,佢哋講咗「橋」,但係,好可惜,冇人知道呢個字係乜嘢。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我偶然找到了它。

    I found it by chance.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 那个发现纯属偶然。

    That discovery was quite accidental.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 我们偶然碰到了她。

    We met her by accident.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 我偶然發現了那本書。

    I found the book by accident.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 部車死火唔係偶然,都好耐冇大檢過。

    This car did not just breakdown by chance; it's been a long time since its last major inspection.

  • 尋日我喺街上面偶然撞到阿松,見到佢喺度買萌娘公仔。

    Yesterday I ran into A-chung by chance, seeing him buy Moe anime girl dolls.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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