偶 ǒu

1. ǒu adjective paired; even [number]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 成双; for example, 偶数 even number (ABC 'ǒu' 偶 bf 3, p. 667; Guoyu '偶' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '偶' 2b, p. 331; XHZD '偶' 2, p. 545)
2. ǒu noun a human image; an idol
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 木偶 puppet (ABC 'ǒu' 偶 bf 1, p. 667; Guoyu '偶' n 1; Kroll 2015 '偶' 1, p. 331; Unihan '偶'; XHZD '偶' 1, p. 545)
3. ǒu adverb accidental
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'ǒu' 偶 adv 1, p. 667; Guoyu '偶' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '偶' 4, p. 331; Unihan '偶'; XHZD '偶' 3, p. 545)
4. ǒu noun a pair; a companion
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 同伴 (ABC 'ǒu' 偶 bf 2, p. 667; Guoyu '偶' n 2; Kroll 2015 '偶' 2, p. 331)
5. ǒu verb according with; corresponding with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '偶' v 2; Kroll 2015 '偶' 3, p. 331)
6. ǒu adjective appropriate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '偶' 3b, p. 331)
7. ǒu adverb provisional /occasional
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'ǒu' 偶 adv 2, p. 667; Kroll 2015 '偶' 4a, p. 331)
8. ǒu adjective solitary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '偶' 5, p. 331)
9. ǒu noun a spouse; a mate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 配偶 (Guoyu '偶' n 3; Kroll 2015 '偶' 2, p. 331)
10. ǒu proper noun Ou
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '偶' n 4)
11. ǒu verb to marry
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 婚配 (Guoyu '偶' v 1)

Contained in

• 木偶 a puppet; a wooden puppet
• 偶蹄 artiodactyl
• 无独有偶(無獨有偶) not alone but in pairs
• 佳偶 happily married couple
• 侪偶(儕偶) companion
• 偶蹄目 Artiodactyla; even-toed ungulates
• 偶合 coincidence
• 怨偶 an unhappy couple
• 力偶 moment of forces
• 嘉偶天成 a dream marriage made in heaven
• 提线木偶(提線木偶) marionette
• 木偶秀 puppet show
• 偶数(偶數) an even number
• 对偶多面体(對偶多面體) dual polyhedron
• 配偶 partner; mate; spouse
• 择偶(擇偶) to choose a spouse
• 夺偶(奪偶) to contend for a mate
• 偶像 idol ; an object of worship
• 排偶 parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)
• 偶然 accidentally; by chance ; occasionally
• 偶函数(偶函數) even function
• 热电偶(熱電偶) thermocouple
• 偶联反应(偶聯反應) chain reaction
• 丧偶(喪偶) bereaved of one's spouse
• 偶像剧(偶像劇) idol drama
• 齐大非偶(齊大非偶) too rich to be a good match (in marriage)
• 人偶戏(人偶戲) puppet show
• 求偶 to pursue romantically
• 佳偶天成 a dream marriage made in heaven
• 偶蹄类(偶蹄類) Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
• 偶像崇拜 idol worship
• 对偶(對偶) dual; coupled ; antithesis
• 偶见(偶見) to happen upon; to see incidentally; occasional; accidental
• 奇偶 parity; odd and even
• 人偶 puppet; figure
• 对偶性(對偶性) duality
• 桐木偶 puppet burial object; wooden effigy buried to put a curse on sb
• 偶尔(偶爾) occasionally
• 偶然事件 random accident; chance event
• 奇偶性 parity; odd and even
• 偶然性 contingency
• 匹偶 a married couple
• 偶语弃市(偶語棄市) chance remarks can lead to public execution
• 偶一 accidentally; once in a while; very occasionally
• 偶遇 to meet by chance; to run into
• 偶极(偶極) dipole (e.g. magnetic dipole)
• 偶犯 casual offender; casual offense

Also contained in

玩偶之家 、 骈偶文 、 奇偶校验位 、 玩偶

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷四十三 Scroll 43 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 13
• 第二回 Chapter 2 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
• 麗辭第三十五 Volume 35: Parallel Phrases The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons 文心雕龍 — count: 5
• 卷十三 四時之副第五十五 人副天數第五十六 同類相動第五十七 五行相生第五十八 五行相勝第五十九 五行順逆第六十 治水五行第六十一　Scroll 13 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 5
• 卷86 孝感:趙琰 長孫慮 乞伏保 孫益德 董洛生 楊引 Volume 86: Filial Piety - Zhao Yan, Zhang Sunlu, Qifu Bao, Sun Yide, Dong Luosheng, Yang Yin Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 5
• 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷十　齊三 Chapter 10: Qi III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 4
• 第二回 Chapter 37 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
• 卷一百九十中 列傳第一百四十中: 文苑中 Volume 190 Biographies 140: Men of Letters 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4

Collocations

• 偶时 (偶時) 偶時之會 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百上 敍傳 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 — count: 5
• 能偶 (能偶) 物灾疾莫能偶天地 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十三 四時之副第五十五 人副天數第五十六 同類相動第五十七 五行相生第五十八 五行相勝第五十九 五行順逆第六十 治水五行第六十一　Scroll 13 — count: 4
• 曹偶 (曹偶) 固亦卿之曹偶 — Xunzi 荀子, 唐楊倞注 Notes by Yang Jing of Tang — count: 3
• 偶俗 (偶俗) 不希旨偶俗 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十七 宣張二王杜郭吳承鄭趙列傳 Volume 27: Biographies of Xuan, Zang, two Wangs, Du, Guo, Wu, Cheng, Zheng, Zhao — count: 2
• 偶视 (偶視) 偶視而先俯 — Xunzi 荀子, 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation — count: 2
• 偶语 (偶語) 有敢偶語詩書者棄市 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 2
• 豆偶 (豆偶) 鼎俎奇而籩豆偶 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 2
• 偶駼 (偶駼) 此溫偶駼王所居地也 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 — count: 2
• 偶处 (偶處) 令吏民夫婦皆偶處 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十六 執贄第七十二 山川頌第七十三 求雨第七十四 止雨第七十五 祭義第七十六 循天之道第七十七　Scroll 16 — count: 2
• 偶少 (偶少) 寡偶少徒 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《滑稽列傳》 Biographies of Jesters — count: 2