兩 (loeng5 loeng2 | liang3) : two; pair

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兩

loeng5 loeng2

liang3

loeng5 & liang3
[1] two; pair
[2] both sides/parties
[3] a couple of; a few; some

loeng2 & liang3
[1] liang (a unit of weight, equal to 1/10 of jin or 50 gm)
[2] tael (a unit of weight, equal to 1/16 of catty or about 31 gm)

両 is the variant form when pronounced [loeng2].

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 入 (#11)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

兩 / 两

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 16:13

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兩個 loeng5 go3 liang3 ge4 = two; two items

兩性 loeng5 sing3 liang3 xing4 = the two sexes; ambisexuality

兩次 loeng5 ci3 liang3 ci4 = twice, variant of 二次

兩分 loeng5 fan1 = dichotomy

兩可 loeng5 ho2 = both will do

兩千年 loeng5 cin1 nin4 liang3 qian1 nian2 = the year 2000; 2000 years

兩口子 loeng5 hau2 zi2 liang3 kou3 zi5 = husband and wife, a (married) couple 國

兩國 loeng5 gwok3 liang3 guo2 = both countries; two countries

兩用 loeng5 jung6 liang3 yong4 = dual-use

兩百 loeng5 baak3 liang3 bai3 = two hundred
See all 116 compounds (CantoDict reports 123 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 25 examples containing 兩

我有兩件白色衫粵
I have two white shirts

我有兩支鉛筆
I have two pencils

隻隻山羊都有兩隻角粵
Every goat has two horns.
[Lit. [counter] [counter] goat also have two [counter] horns. The "[counter][counter]都" pattern means "every".]

我見到兩張枱粵
I can see two tables.
[Lit. I see-arrive two [counter] table.]

而家差兩個字七點粵
It's ten to seven now.
[Lit. now different two [counter] five-minutes seven o'clock]

買咗件蛋糕兩份食粵
I bought a piece of cake for both of us to share

我每一年染兩次髮粵
I dye my hair twice a year.
[Lit. I each one year dye two times hair. Note how the verb and object are split up by the frequency phrase.]

你哋兩個嘈得滯，唔好嘈住我。粵
You two are too noisy, don't disturb me.

前日佢哋一齊食咗兩餐飯。粵
They took their meal twice together the day before yesterday.
[Here, 餐 is [i]not[/i] a classifier that modifies the noun 飯. It is a verb measure that quantifies the verb 食.]

李生結咗婚﹐有兩個仔﹐重係讀緊書。粵
Mr Lee is married with two sons, who are still in school.
[There is no relative pronoun (such as "who") in Cantonese. The change of subject is self-evident from the context.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 兩
Unicode code for this character: U+5169 (off-site link)

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