Tom happened to meet Mary at the supermarket.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
偶遇
to meet by chance
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to meet by chance
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 偶遇 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 偶遇 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I came across my aunt in Europe.
I met him on the street by chance after many years.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 偶遇.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 偶遇.
Directly before
- 超市偶遇1
- 上偶遇1
- 街上偶遇1
- 欧洲偶遇1
Directly after
- 偶遇了2
- 偶遇玛丽1
- 偶遇他1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 偶遇
What does 偶遇 mean in Chinese?
偶遇 (ǒuyù) means to meet by chance.
How do you pronounce 偶遇?
偶遇 is pronounced ǒuyù.
Is 偶遇 an HSK word?
偶遇 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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