二 (ji6 | er4) : two

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二

ji6

er4

[1] two [2] second; twice [3] (indicates reiteration of the previous character, i.e. \"ditto\") [4]KangXi radical #7

Alternate and formal form used on checks, in accounting and banking: 貳
The reiteration mark as most often seen in handwriting: 〻

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Stroke count: 2

Level: 1

Radical: 二 (#7)

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

二

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星期二 sing1 kei4 ji6 xing1 qi1 er4 (PRC), xing1 qi2 er4 (Taiwan) = Tuesday

二月 ji6 jyut6 er4 yue4 = February

十二月 sap6 ji6 jyut6 shi2 er4 yue4 = December

第二 dai6 ji6 di4 er4 = [1] 2nd [2] other; another

二十 ji6 sap6 er4 shi2 = twenty

二手 ji6 sau2 er4 shou3 = second-hand; assistant, helper, sucessor

一個二個 jat1 go3 ji6 go3 = each and every one 粵

禮拜二 lai5 baai3 ji6 li3 bai4 er4 = Tuesday

一人計短，二人計長 jat1 jan4 gai3 dyun2 ji6 jan4 gai3 coeng4 yi4 ren2 ji4 duan3 er4 ren2 ji4 chang2 = two heads are better than one 粵

二次 ji6 ci3 er4 ci4 = [1] twice, [2] the second second time

一二 jat1 ji6 yi1 er4 = just a little; one or two

二十一 ji6 sap6 jat1 er4 shi2 yi1 = twenty-one; 21

第二十 dai6 ji6 sap6 di4 er4 shi2 = twentieth

二個字 ji6 go3 zi6 = ten minutes

十二個字 sap6 ji6 go3 zi6 = sixty minutes

第二日 dai6 ji6 jat6 = another day 粵

第二度 dai6 ji6 dou6 = another place 粵

華二代 waa4 ji6 doi6 hua2 er4 dai4 = second generation Chinese immigrants

二心 ji6 sam1 = disloyal, disloyalty

二次方 ji6 ci3 fong1 = The Square of a Number. (Arithmetic)

二手貨 ji6 sau2 fo3 er4 shou3 huo4 = second-hand goods

第二次世界大戰 dai6 ji6 ci3 sai3 gaai3 daai6 zin3 di4 er4 ci4 shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4 = World War II; the Second World War

包二奶 baau1 ji6 naai5*1 bao1 er4 nai3 = to keep a mistress, to have a concubine 粵

一石二鳥 jat1 sek6 ji6 niu5 yi1 shi2 er4 niao3 = to kill two birds with one stone

一來二去 jat1 loi4 ji6 heoi3 yi1 lai2 er4 qu4 = gradually

一乾二淨 jat1 gon1 ji6 zeng6 = thoroughly

接二連三 zip3 ji6 lin4 saam1 jie1 er4 lian2 san1 = (idiom) one right after another

週二 zau1 ji6 zhou1 er4 = Tuesday 國

老二 lou5 ji6*2 lao3 er4 = the second child or brother (or sister); Mandarin slang for the penis; Canto slang for a policeman

一清二楚 jat1 cing1 ji6 co2 = plainly obvious (as the nose on your face)

知其一不知其二 zi1 kei4 jat1 bat1 zi1 kei4 ji6 = know one-side of the story; knowing half truths 粵

九牛二虎之力 gau2 ngau4 ji6 fu2 zi1 lik6 = tremendous effort

二房東 ji6 fong4 dung1 = head lessee; mesne landlord

上周二 soeng6 zau1 ji6 = last Tuesday 國

二奶 ji6 naai5*1 er4 nai3 = mistress; concubine 粵

二胡 ji6 wu4*2 er4 hu2 = erhu

二叔公 ji6 suk1 gung1 er4 shu1 gong1 = pawn shop 粵

二世祖 ji6 sai3 zou2 = prodigal

尾二 mei5*1 ji6*2 = last but two; the bottom second; the penultimate 粵

執二攤 zap1 ji6 taan1 = fill my shoes

二踢腳 ji6 tek3 goek3 er4 ti1 jiao3 = a double explosion firecracker

第二個 dai6 ji6 go3 = the second (one)

二毫 ji6 hou4 = one of three strings on top of steelyard: 頭毫,二毫,三毫 serving as the fulcrum between weight and thing weighed

二十分鐘 ji6 sap6 fan1 zung1 = twenty minutes

二五折 ji6 ng5 zit3 = 75% discount

二折 ji6 zit3 = 80% discount

第二世 dai6 ji6 sai3 = the next life of something; for an indefinitely long time

一千四百二十九 jat1 cin1 sei3 baak3 ji6 sap6 gau2 yi1 qian1 si4 bai3 er4 shi2 jiu3 = 1429

三分之二 saam1 fan6 zi1 ji6 san1 fen1 zhi1 er4 = two-thirds

不二法門 bat1 ji6 faat3 mun4 bu4 er4 fa3 men2 = the only proper course to take; the one and only way 國

三月二十一號 saam1 jyut6 ji6 sap6 jat1 hou6 san1 yue4 er4 shi2 yi1 hao4 = March 21

二俄英 ji6 ngo4 jing1 er4 e4 ying1 = dioxin

二十一世紀 ji6 sap6 jat1 sai3 gei3*2 er4 shi2 yi1 shi4 ji4 = 21st century

二十世紀 ji6 sap6 sai3 gei3*2 er4 shi2 shi4 ji4 = 20th Century

二十多 ji6 sap6 do1 er4 shi2 duo1 = over 20

二戰 ji6 zin3 er4 zhan4 = second world war; WWII

二百 ji6 baak3 er4 bai3 = two hundred, 200

二者 ji6 ze2 er4 zhe3 = both [of them]; neither

二者之一 ji6 ze2 zi1 jat1 er4 zhe3 zhi1 yi1 = either

二號 ji6 hou6 er4 hao4 = 2nd day of the month

二輪 ji6 leon4 er4 lun2 = second round (of a match or election)

激光二極管 gik1 gwong1 ji6 gik6 gun2 ji1 guang1 er4 ji2 guan3 = laser diode

二次世界大戰 ji6 ci3 sai3 gaai3 daai6 zin3 er4 ci4 shi4 jie4 da4 zhan4 = World War Two

十二碼 sap6 ji6 maa5 shi2 er4 ma3 = penalty kick (football)

二手市場 ji6 sau2 si5 coeng4 = the secondary market

二手時裝店 ji6 sau2 si4 zong1 dim3 = second-hand boutique

二手書店 ji6 sau2 syu1 dim3 = second-hand bookstores

二手樓宇 ji6 sau2 lau4 jyu5 = second-hand flats

孖二 maa1 ji6 = double twos 粵

二來 ji6 loi4 er4 lai2 = in the second place; secondly

二階 ji6 gaai1 er4 jie1 = [math] second order; quadratic

二老 ji6 lou5 er4 lao3 = one's parent (term of respect)

二醇 ji6 seon4 er4 chun2 = glycol

二胎 ji6 toi1 er4 tai1 = a second pregnancy

一不做,二不休 jat1 bat1 zou6 ,ji6 bat1 jau1 yi1 bu4 zuo4 er4 bu4 xiu1 = carry the thing through; whatever the consequences; in for a penny; in for a pound 國

二地主 ji6 dei6 zyu2 er4 di4 zhu3 = sub-landlord

二百二 ji6 baak3 ji6 er4 bai3 er4 = mercurochrome (lit., two hundred twenty)

第二圈 dai6 ji6 hyun1 = second round

阿二 aa3 ji6*2 = second wife; mistress

打醒十二個精神 daa2 seng2 sap6 ji6 go3 zing1 san4 = to be extremely alert (120% awake) 粵

打醒十二分精神 daa2 seng2 sap6 ji6 fan1 zing1 san4 = to be extremely alert (120% awake) 粵

二奶仔 ji6 naai5*1 zai2 = bastard child (lit., "concubine's son") 粵

二五仔 ji6 ng5 zai2 er4 wu3 zai3 = insurgent; rebel; traitor; renegade; snitch (ref. expelled Shaolin monk 馬寧whose rank= 2+5=7) 粵

二水貨 ji6 seoi2 fo3 = leftover goods; second-rate goods

二叔婆 ji6 suk1 po4*2 = father's elder brother's wife, "aunty"

放低二兩 fong3 dai1 ji6 loeng2 = to urinate 粵

二頭肌 ji6 tau4 gei1 = biceps

二撇雞 ji6 pit3 gai1 = a split mustache with two strips of hair above the upper lip (八字鬍子)

二人世界 ji6 jan4 sai3 gaai3 = a utopia for a couple like the "Garden of Eden" (lit., "two person's world")

得一想二 dak1 jat1 soeng2 ji6 = greedy

二節棍 ji6 zit3 gwan3 er4 jie2 gun4 = nunchaku (also sometimes called "nunchucks", "numchuks")

一分為二 jat1 fan6 wai4 ji6 yi1 fen1 wei2 er4 = one divides into two

二分 ji6 fan6 er4 fen1 = dichotomise, dichotomize; dichotomy; the equinox

二分之一 ji6 fan6 zi1 jat1 er4 fen1 zhi1 yi1 = one-half

二聲 ji6 seng1 er4 sheng1 = second tone

二號分機 ji6 hou6 fan1 gei1 = an extension telephone

大老二 daai6 lou5 ji6*2 da4 lao3 er4 = Big Two

上內地包二奶 soeng5 noi6 dei6 baau1 ji6 naai5*1 = keeping a mainland mistress; taking mainland mistresses 粵

五男二女 ng5 naam4 ji6 neoi5 wu3 nan2 er4 nv3 = with many offspring - an indicator of good fortune

第二樣 dai6 ji6 joeng6/6*2 = other; else 粵

九五二七 gau2 ng5 ji6 cat1 = 9527, [粵]: a person of low status

第二啲 dai6 ji6 di1 = other; else 粵

獨一無二 duk6 jat1 mou4 ji6 du2 yi1 wu2 er4 = unique; unparalleled; unmatched

爛賭二 laan6 dou2 ji6*2 = a gambling addict 粵

二名法 ji6 ming4 faat3 er4 ming2 fa3 = binomial nomenclature

二鍋頭 ji6 wo1 tau4 er4 guo1 tou2 = Er guo tou, Chinese white liquor

二一添作五 ji6 jat1 tim1 zok3 ng5 er4 yi1 tian1 zuo4 wu3 = split evenly among two; 50-50

五餅二魚 ng5 beng2 ji6 jyu4 wu3 bing3 er4 yu2 = five loaves two fishes in the feeding of the five thousand (in the Bible); endless supply of

二郎腿 ji6 long4 teoi2 er4 lang2 tui3 = sit with one's legs crossed

二級片 ji6 kap1 pin3*2 er4 ji2 pian4 = cat-II, category 2 film, IIA and IIB

唔理三七二十一 m4 lei5 saam1 cat1 ji6 sap6 jat1 = no matter what 粵

一窮二白 jat1 kung4 ji6 baak6 yi1 qiong2 er4 bai2 = poor and broke; poverty-stricken

一山不能藏二虎 jat1 saan1 bat1 nang4 cong4 ji6 fu2 yi4 shan1 bu4 neng2 cang2 er4 hu3 = this town ain't big enough for both of us

不能事二主 bat1 nang4 si6 ji6 zyu2 bu4 neng2 shi4 er4 zhu3 = one cannot serve two masters

數一數二 sou2 jat1 sou2 ji6 shu3 yi1 shu3 er4 = one of the top; one of the best

四二一家庭 sei3 ji6 jat1 gaa1 ting4 si4 er4 yi1 jia1 ting2 = 421 family

一人計短,二人計長 jat1 jan4 gai3 dyun2 ji6 jan4 gai3 coeng4 ji1 ren2 ji4 duan3 er4 ren2 ji4 chang2 = two heads are better than one

一不做二不休 jat1 bat1 zou6 ji6 bat1 jau1 yi1 bu4 zuo4 er4 bu4 xiu1 = see sth through to the end

十二星座 sap6 ji6 sing1 zo6 = zodiac signs

二甲基苯乙基胺 ji6 gaap3 gei1 bun2 jyut3 gei1 on1 = pentermine

亞甲二氧基甲基安非他明 aa3 gaap3 ji6 joeng5 gei1 gaap3 gei1 on1 fei1 taa1 ming4 = MDMA

苯二氮類 bun2 ji6 daam6 leoi6 = benzodiazepine

二氧化碳 ji6 joeng5 faa3 taan3 er4 yang3 hua4 tan4 = carbon dioxide

二次大戰 ji6 ci3 daai6 zin3 er4 ci4 da4 zhan4 = World War II

發光二極體 faat3 gwong1 ji6 gik6 tai2 fa1 guang1 er4 ji2 ti3 = LED

發光二極管 faat3 gwong1 ji6 gik6 gun2 fa1 guang1 er4 ji2 guan3 = LED

二百五 ji6 baak3 ng5 er4 bai2 wu3 = a stupid or useless person; mentally retarded 國

二二八 ji6 ji6 baat3 er4 er4 ba1 = 2-28-1947, Taiwan's Holocaust

女子十二樂坊 neoi5 zi2 sap6 ji6 ngok6 fong1 = Twelve Girls Band

二五八眼 ji6 ng5 baat3 ngaan5 er4 wu3 ba1 yan3 = (mahjong) special eyes [alternate]

十二張包自摸 sap6 ji6 zoeng1 baau1 zi6 mo2*1 shi2 er4 zhang1 bao1 zi4 mo1 = (mahjong) twelve pieces declaration

二惡英 ji6 ok3 jing1 er4 e4 ying1 = dioxin (as a loanword)

二極管 ji6 gik6 gun2 er4 ji2 guan3 = diode

二次曲線 ji6 ci3 kuk1 sin3 er4 ci4 qu1 xian4 = (geom.) quadratic curve; (geom.) conic

二次曲面 ji6 ci3 kuk1 min6 er4 ci4 qu1 mian4 = (geom.) quadric surface

二氧化硅 ji6 joeng5 faa3 gwai1 er4 yang3 hua4 gui1 = silicon dioxide (SiO2), silica

二氧化鈾 ji6 joeng5 faa3 jau4 er4 yang3 hua4 you2 = brown oxidier; uranium dioxide

二氯胺 ji6 luk6 on1 er4 lv4 an4 = dichloramine

二甲苯 ji6 gaap3 bun2 er4 jia3 ben3 = xylene

二迭紀 ji6 dit6 gei3 er4 die2 ji4 = Permian (geological period)

光二極管 gwong1 ji6 gik6 gun2 guang1 er4 ji2 guan3 = light emitting diode (LED)

二硫基丙醇 ji6 lau4 gei1 bing2 seon4 er4 liu2 ji1 bing3 chun2 = dimercaprol

二元方程 ji6 jyun4 fong1 cing4 er4 yuan2 fang1 cheng2 = [math.] equation in two unknowns

二次多項式 ji6 ci3 do1 hong6 sik1 er4 ci4 duo1 xiang4 shi4 = [math.] quadratic polynomial

二次方程式 ji6 ci3 fong1 cing4 sik1 er4 ci4 fang1 cheng2 shi4 = [math.] quadratic equation

二氧化硫 ji6 joeng5 faa3 lau4 er4 yang3 hua4 liu2 = [化] sulphur dioxide, sulfur dioxide

二進位制 ji6 zeon3 wai6 zai3 er4 jin4 wei4 zhi4 = [math.] binary system

二進位法 ji6 zeon3 wai6 faat3 er4 jin4 wei4 fa3 = [math.] binary scale

二進數 ji6 zeon3 sou3 er4 jin4 shu4 = [math.] binary number

二項式 ji6 hong6 sik1 er4 xiang4 shi4 = [math.] binomial

十二指腸 sap6 ji6 zi2 coeng4 shi2 er4 zhi3 chang2 = [anat.] duodenum

第二性徵 dai6 ji6 sing3 zing1 di4 er4 xing4 zheng1 = [bio.] secondary sexual characteristic

二次根 ji6 ci3 gan1 er4 ci4 gen1 = [math.] square root

二補數 ji6 bou2 sou3 = [math][comp sci] two's complement

約翰二書 joek3 hon6 ji6 syu1 yue1 han4 er4 shu1 = 2 John

二崙鄉 ji6 leon4 hoeng1 er4 lun2 xiang1 = Erhlun (village in Taiwan)

二水鄉 ji6 seoi2 hoeng1 er4 shui3 xiang1 = Erhshui (village in Taiwan)

二項式係數 ji6 hong6 sik1 hai6 sou3 er4 xiang4 shi4 xi4 shu4 = [math] a binomial coefficient; the number of combinations

二項式定理 ji6 hong6 sik1 ding6 lei5 er4 xiang4 shi4 ding4 li3 = [math] the binomial theorem

十八廿二 sap6 baat3 jaa6 ji6*2 = women in the bloom of youth (lit., "eighteen and twenty-two") 粵

二連浩特 ji6 lin4 hou6 dak6 er4 lian2 hao4 te4 = Erlianhaote (city in Inner Mongolia)

二十世紀殺人網絡 ji6 sap6 sai3 gei3*2 saat3 jan4 mong5 lok3 = The Matrix

二糖 ji6 tong4 = disaccharide

十五二十 sap6 ng5 ji6 sap6 shi2 wu3 er2 shi2 = 15-20, a Chinese drinking game

小二仙草 siu2 ji6 sin1 cou2 = Haloragis micrantha (creeping raspwort)

一抽二㨢 jat1 cau1 ji6 nang3 = carrying big parcels and small bags 粵

二打六 ji6 daa2 luk6 = low standard; unqualified person 粵

略知一二 loek6 zi1 jat1 ji6 lve4 zhi1 yi1 er4 = smatter; have a smattering of

店小二 dim3 siu2 ji6*2 dian4 xiao3 er4 = waiter

七十二家房客 cat1 sap6 ji6 gaa1 fong4 haak3 qi1 shi2 er4 jia1 fang2 ke4 = The House of 72 Tenants

二奶村 ji6 naai5*1 cyun1 = "Mistress Village" in Shenzhen

翹二郎腿 kiu3 ji6 long4 teoi2 qiao4 er4 lang2 tui3 = sit cross-legged

丙二醇 bing2 ji6 seon4 bing3 er4 chun2 = propylene glycol

二噁英 ji6 ok3 jing1 er4 e4 ting1 = dioxin (as a loanword)

二次創作 ji6 ci3 cong3 zok3 = derivative works

富二代 fu3 ji6 doi6 fu4 er4 dai4 = Rich 2G; children born in the 80's that inherit great wealth from their parents

權二代 kyun4 ji6 doi6 quan2 er4 dai4 = second powerful generation

阿二靚湯 aa3 ji6*2 leng3 tong1 = second wife's tasty soup 粵

十二指腸潰瘍 sap6 ji6 zi2 coeng4 kui2 joeng4 shi2 er4 zhi3 chang2 kui4 yang2 = duodenal ulcer

一哭二鬧三上吊 jat1 huk1 ji6 naau6 saam1 soeng5 diu3 yi1 ku1 er4 nao4 san1 shang4 diao4 = throw a tantrum; make a terrible scene

戰士第二式 zin3 si6 dai6 ji6 sik1 = [yoga] Virabhadrasana II, Warrior II

身軀轉動第二式 san1 keoi1 zyun3*2 dung6 dai6 ji6 sik1 = [yoga] Bharadvajasana II, Sage Bharadvaja's Pose II

二林鎮 ji6 lam4 zan3 er4 lin2 zhen4 = Erhlin (town in Taiwan)

二裡頭 ji6 leoi5 tau4 er4 li3 tou5 = Erlitou (archeological site at Yanshi, Henan)

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你點解唔打電話畀佢，叫佢改第二日呢？粵
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?

呢架係二手車嚟㗎粵
This car is second-hand.

聖誕節之前只剩下二十三天買禮物了！國
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

你唔要嘅話，可以送畀第二個粵
If you don't want it, you can just give it to somebody else.
[Lit. you don't want [conditional delimiter], can give-present give other person]

一呎是十二吋長國
One foot is twelve inches long.

打橫第二行
second row
[note the split characters for 橫行]

二百文已經綽綽有餘囉粵
Two hundred dollars is more than enough

老師帶我哋去參觀二次大戰博物館同軍人塚。粵
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.

搭地鐵由西灣河到銅鑼灣只需大概二十分鐘嘅車程。粵
It takes only around twenty minutes from Sai Wan Hoi to Causeway Bay by MTR (the Metro).

受人二分四畀人使穿鼻！粵
Slog like slave for the paymaster after having received a miserable remuneration.

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