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title: "Ouran Meaning: 偶然 (ǒurán) Means “accidental”"
description: "偶然 (ǒurán) means “accidental; by chance; occasionally”. Hear its tones, see what 偶 and 然 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/ouran"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 偶然 mean?

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偶然 ǒurán

## accidental; by chance; occasionally

## Its characters

1. 偶 ǒu occasionally (as in 偶然, 偶尔)
2. 然 rán right

## In a sentence

我是在书店偶然遇见他的。 I ran into him by chance at a bookstore.

还有人认为，豆腐可能是有人不小心把海盐放进了豆浆里，**偶然**做出来的。

From [豆腐是谁发明的？ · Who invented tofu? The legend of Liu An](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/who-invented-tofu#library-word-524-526)

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## More words with 偶 or 然

- [必然 bìrán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/biran)
- [不然 bùrán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buran)
- [当然 dāngrán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dangran)
- [大自然 dàzìrán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daziran)
- [公然 gōngrán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gongran)
- [果然 guǒrán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/guoran)
- [固然 gùrán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/guran)
- [忽然 hūrán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huran)
- [截然不同 jiérán-bùtóng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jieranbutong)
- [竟然 jìngrán](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jingran)

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