两

See also: 兩 and 両

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

两 (radical 1 一+6, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一人人月 (MOOB))

1. two
2. both, pair, couple
3. ounce

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 78, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 51
• Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 21, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E24

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Cantonese

Hanzi

两 (traditional 兩, Jyutping loeng5, Yale leung5)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

两 (traditional 兩, Pinyin liǎng (liang3), Wade-Giles liang³)

Compounds

Derived terms

两岸 两败俱伤 两班倒 两半, 两半儿 两边 两点水儿 两股劲, 两股劲儿 两广 两汉 两湖 两虎相斗 两回事, 两回事儿 两极 两件套 两可 两口儿 两口子 两立 两利 两面, 两面儿 两面光 两面夹攻 两面派 两面三刀 两面性 两旁 两栖 两栖动物 两栖植物 两歧 两三天 两世为人 两手, 两手儿 两说着 两头, 两头儿 两下里 两性 两样 两翼 两院制 两造 两着儿 两者

Numeral

两 (simplified, Pinyin liǎng, traditional 兩)

1. two

   两只热气球 - two hot air ballons

2. some, few

   你们这两天真够辛苦的。nǐmen zhè liǎng tiānzhēn gòu xīnkǔ de.

   You've really been working hard the past few days.

Usage note

两 is used when counting things with a measure word, 二 is used in numbers.

Examples with 两

两个人 two people, 两年 two year

Examples with 二

二十 twenty, 第二 second

Synonyms

• 二 (èr) two

Noun

两 (simplified, Pinyin liǎng, traditional 兩)

1. Tael, an ancient unit of weight for silver, approximatly 40 grams
2. 市两 market tael, equal to 50 grams

References

• "两" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-21.
• ""Er" and "liang"" (in Mandarin/English), Chinese Grammar Wiki. URL accessed on 2014-03-21.
• "Jukuu" (in Mandarin/English), Jukuu. URL accessed on 2014-03-21.