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loeng5 loeng2
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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. |
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兩個
loeng5 go3 = two; two items
兩性
loeng5 sing3 = the two sexes; ambisexuality
兩次
loeng5 ci3 = twice, variant of 二次
兩分
loeng5 fan1 = dichotomy
兩可
loeng5 ho2 = both will do
兩千年
loeng5 cin1 nin4 = the year 2000; 2000 years
兩口子
loeng5 hau2 zi2 = husband and wife, a (married) couple 國
兩國
loeng5 gwok3 = both countries; two countries
兩用
loeng5 jung6 = dual-use
兩百
loeng5 baak3 = two hundredSee all 116 compounds (CantoDict reports 123 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 25 examples containing 兩
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.]
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.]
呢兩件事係打邊爐同打屎窟，邊可以相提並論 粵
These two issues are as different as chalk is from cheese, how can they be put together and be compared at all?
我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺廣城買嗰件衫去洗 粵
I took the shirt I bought two weeks ago at the shopping mall to be cleaned. [Lit. I took two weeks ago at shopping mall buy that shirt go clean]
兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫，我攞咗佢去熨。 粵
I took the shirts that I bought two weeks ago at my favourite shop to be ironed. [Note: although the verb and object could be separated by the lengthy adjective clause 兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買, it's more natural and more easily understood use the topicalised construction in this example.]
踢咗兩場波﹐爛咗兩個波。 粵
We've got two soccer balls burst after two games. [兩場波 and 兩個波 are both patterned as 'numeral + measure + noun'. However, 場 is a verb measure that quantifies the verb 踢 whereas 個 is a noun measure (or classifier) that modifies the noun 波.]
呢兩件事根本就係藤㨢瓜瓜㨢藤分唔開㗎 粵
These two matters are deeply entangled together. There is no way to separate them apart.
我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺我最鐘意嗰間衫舖買嗰件衫去熨 粵
I've taken the shirt that I bought in my favourite clothes shop two weeks ago to be ironed. [[literal] I taken-have two-weeks-ago in my most-like that-(classifier)-clothes-shop buy that-(classifier)-shirt go iron This Cantonese example shows how a relative clause is composed without a relative pronoun. ] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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