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  loeng5 loeng2   jyutping
  liang3   pinyin
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)

is the variant form when pronounced [loeng2].
noun
Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: (#11)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
兩 / 两

This word has been viewed 19555 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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detail  loeng5 go3  liang3 ge4 = two; two items
detail  loeng5 sing3  liang3 xing4 = the two sexes; ambisexuality
detail  loeng5 ci3  liang3 ci4 = twice, variant of 二次
detail  loeng5 fan1   = dichotomy
detail  loeng5 ho2   = both will do
detail  loeng5 cin1 nin4  liang3 qian1 nian2 = the year 2000; 2000 years
detail  loeng5 hau2 zi2  liang3 kou3 zi5 = husband and wife, a (married) couple
detail  loeng5 gwok3  liang3 guo2 = both countries; two countries
detail  loeng5 jung6  liang3 yong4 = dual-use
detail  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
detail audio 白色
I have two white shirts
detail audio 鉛筆
I have two pencils
detail 山羊
Every goat has two horns.
[Lit. [counter] [counter] goat also have two [counter] horns. The "[counter][counter]都" pattern means "every".]
detail 見到
I can see two tables.
[Lit. I see-arrive two [counter] table.]
detail 而家兩個
It's ten to seven now.
[Lit. now different two [counter] five-minutes seven o'clock]
detail 蛋糕兩份
I bought a piece of cake for both of us to share
detail 每一兩次
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.]
detail 你哋兩個得滯唔好嘈
You two are too noisy, don't disturb me.
detail 前日佢哋一齊食咗
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.]
detail 兩個重係讀緊書
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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