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Radical:
Structure:Single-component character
Strokes:
7
Traditional:
兩
ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
num.two
这两间房紧挨着厨房。
The two rooms are next to the kitchen.
这本书我可以借两天吗?
May I borrow the book for two days?
我去过北京两次。
I have been to Beijing twice.
synonym
- 2
n.both sides
模棱两可
(of one's attitude, opinion) ambiguous
两全其美
to the satisfaction of both parties
两不吃亏。
Neither side suffers any loss.
synonym
- 3
num.some; a few
我想要讲两句。
I'd like to say a few words.
过两天
for a couple of days
两步路就到
not very far away
synonym
- 4
measure worddatedliang, a unit of weight
三两茶叶
three liang of tea
20两银子
20 taels of silver
synonym
Words and phrases with 两
- 两翼[word]both wings; both flanks
- 两岸[word]both banks; both sides across the Taiwan Strait
- 两仪[word]heaven and earth; Two Elementary Forms
- 两不误[word]neglect neither...nor...
- 两面[word]two sides; both directions/places
- 两口子[word]couple
- 两栖[word]amphibious; be engaged in two fields/spheres
- 两个文明[word]material and spiritual civilization
- 两江[word]Jiangnan and Jiangxi provinces in the early years of the Qing Dynasty
- 两肋插刀[idiom]take great risks
- 两败俱伤[idiom]both sides suffer
- 两袖清风[idiom]with nothing but wind in both sleeves
- 两手空空[idiom]be empty-handed
- 两极分化[idiom]polarize
- 两全其美[idiom]satisfy both sides
- 两鬓斑白[idiom]with greying temples
- 两把刷子[idiom]ability
- 两小无猜[idiom]be innocent playmates
Word usage
- Note1. "两" is different from "二". 1) Use "二" instead of "两" when read as a number or in mathematics, . 2) Use "二" instead of "两" in ordinal numbers, decimals, and fractions. 3) Before general quantifiers, use "两" instead of "二" for single digits, and use "二" instead of "两" for single digits in multiple digits. 4) Both "二" and "两" are available before the traditional unit of weight and measurement, but it is a special case that "二" is used instead of "两" before the mass unit "两". 5) Among multiple digits, "二" is used for hundreds, tens, and ones digits, and "两" is used for more than a thousand digits, but "二" is used for hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands after the first. 2. "两" is different from "俩". "俩" is a consonant of "两个" , and no "个" or quantifier can be added after it.
Chinese Characters with pinyin liǎng
- 俩used as a component of 伎俩