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禺: ancient area | monkey | accidental

By August 18, 2014December 1st, 2016Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music
 

禺 yú


: ancient area; district

禺 yù


: legendary monkey of ancient China

偶 ǒu

verb | adjective
: archaic variant 禺
: accidental; image; pair; mate

Kun Reading

偶 | たま tama

no-adjective | na-adjective | noun
: occasional; rare (Usually written using kana alone)

偶 | たまたま tamatama

adverb
: casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance

偶に | たまに tamani

adverb | suffix
: occasionally; once in a while (Usually written using kana alone)

偶の | たまの tamano

pre-noun adjectival
: occasional; rare (Usually written using kana alone)

偶さか | たまさか tamasaka

adverb
: occasionally

On Reading

ぐう guu

 Usage:
禺 yu2 & yu4
no applicable words

偶然 ou3ran2: incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly
[ぐうぜん guuzen: (by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity]
偶爾[尔] ou3’er3: occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
偶而 ou3’er2: occasionally; once in a while
偶一 ou3yi1: accidentally; once in a while; very occasionally
偶像 ou3xiang4: idol [ぐうぞう guuzou: image; idol; statue]

偶像化 ou3xiang4 hua4: idolization [ぐうぞうか guuzouka]  
偶像劇[剧] ou3xiang4 jug: idol drama; drama series in which the actors are chosen for their pre-existing popularity with young viewers

偶人 ou3 ren2: idol (i.e. statue for worship) [ぐうじん guujin: puppet; doll]

玩偶 wan2ou3: doll

木偶 mu4’ou3: puppet
[でく deku: wooden figure or doll; puppet]

木偶の坊 | でくのぼう deku no hou
: wooden doll
: blockhead; good-for-nothing
 
提線[提线]木偶 ti2 xian4 mu4 ou3: marionette

配偶 pei4’ou3: consort; mate; spouse
[はいぐう haiguu: combination]
佳偶 jia1’ou3: happily married couple
匹偶 pi3’ou3: a married couple
[ひつぐう hitsuguu: pair; couple (husband & wife); friend]



Japanese expression / idiom / proverb
甘言は偶人を喜ばす | かんげんはぐうじんをよろこばす kangen wa guujin o yorokobasu
: sweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools



Chinese idiom
偶一為[为]之 ou3 yi1 wei2 zhi1
: to do something once in a while; to do something more as an exception than the rule

 Etymology:
禺 yu2: district
田 tian2: field, arable land, cultivated +
rou2 : rump; KangXi radical 114




形声 Pictophonetic.
亻 (ren2: person radical 9) suggests the meaning while
禺 (yu2: district) provides the sound.




Archaic variant 禺

 Music:


玩偶 Doll – Wang Lee Hom 王力宏


作詞:王力宏 崔惟楷
作曲:王力宏

當司機 搬東西 幫你開車門
隨傳隨到陪你逛街 希望你認真
你跟別人玩耍 叫我在家楞
餵你的哈士奇 還聽他說我笨

我不想讀你的腳本
不想讓你動我的嘴巴
我不想往身上綁線
不想當你的玩偶~玩偶~

送你禮物鮮花 幫你修電燈
帶你上山陪你烤肉 還解不了悶
每天每天痴等 是我太遲鈍
想做你的情人 可是感覺像光棍

我不想讀你的腳本
不想讓你動我的嘴巴
我不想往身上綁線
不想當你的玩偶~玩偶~玩偶~

我不想照你的規則
在你的指間 No
我不想當你的玩偶

我不想讀你的腳本
不想讓你動我的嘴巴
我不想往身上綁線
我不想當你的玩偶~玩偶~

玩偶~玩偶~

credit: Wang Lee Hom 王力宏

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary