occasionally in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 偶尔 with this easy mnemonic:

I occasionally bump into him, and at first, I thought it was accidental (偶), but it's been too frequent recently so (尔) I'm starting to think he's stalking me.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 偶
• 尔

• 比尔
• 高尔夫
• 偶像
• 迈克尔
• 福尔摩斯
• 偶然
• 玩偶
• 卡尔
• 丹尼尔
• 偶尔
• 查尔斯
• 爱尔兰

The reading of 偶尔 is ǒu 'ěr.

You can remember how to say 偶尔 with this useful mnemonic:

Or (ǒu 'ěr) maybe he just lives near you?

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