偶
ǒu
accidental
image; pair; mate
person (亻) + phonetic (禺) = a paired figure, an accidental double
亻anchors the meaning in the human realm — a figure, a double, a likeness. 禺 mainly supplies the ǒu sound; the sense of pairing or chance encounter comes from the person radical.
这次相遇是偶然的，不是计划好的。
zhè cì xiāng yù shì ǒu rán de , bù shì jì huà hǎo de 。
This meeting was accidental, not planned.
木偶是用木头做的人形玩具。
mù ǒu shì yòng mù tou zuò de rén xíng wán jù 。
A wooden puppet is a human-shaped toy made from wood.
Words with 偶
配偶
pèi ǒu
spouse
骈偶文风
pián ǒu wén fēng
early Tang literary style despised as shallow by the classicists
齐大非偶
qí dà fēi ǒu
too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom)
人偶
rén ǒu
puppet
人偶戏
rén ǒu xì
puppet show
佳偶
jiā ǒu
happily married couple
偶数
ǒu shù
even number
偶极
ǒu jí
dipole (e.g. magnetic dipole)
偶一
ǒu yī
accidentally
偶一为之
ǒu yī wéi zhī
to do sth once in a while (idiom)
偶人
ǒu rén
idol (i.e. statue for worship)
偶像
ǒu xiàng
idol