偶然
ngau5 jin4ǒu rán
English
- incidentally
- occasional
- occasionally
- by chance
- randomly
- accidentally; by chance
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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