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  ji6   jyutping
  er4   pinyin
[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:
The reiteration mark as most often seen in handwriting: 〻
Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: adjective
Stroke count: 2
Level: 1
Radical: (#7)

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

This word has been viewed 19307 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Dec 2010 02:48

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detail  sing1 kei4 ji6  xing1 qi1 er4 (PRC), xing1 qi2 er4 (Taiwan) = Tuesday
detail  ji6 jyut6  er4 yue4 = February
detail  sap6 ji6 jyut6  shi2 er4 yue4 = December
detail  dai6 ji6  di4 er4 = [1] 2nd [2] other; another
detail  ji6 sap6  er4 shi2 = twenty
detail  ji6 sau2  er4 shou3 = second-hand; assistant, helper, sucessor
detail  jat1 go3 ji6 go3   = each and every one
detail  lai5 baai3 ji6  li3 bai4 er4 = Tuesday
detail  jat1 jan4 gai3 dyun2 ji6 jan4 gai3 coeng4  yi4 ren2 ji4 duan3 er4 ren2 ji4 chang2 = two heads are better than one
detail  ji6 ci3  er4 ci4 = [1] twice, [2] the second second time
See all 184 compounds (CantoDict reports 234 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 12 examples containing 二
detail audio 點解打電話畀佢第二日
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?
detail audio 二手嚟㗎
This car is second-hand.
detail 聖誕節之前剩下二十三禮物
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
detail 唔要嘅話可以第二個
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]
detail 十二
One foot is twelve inches long.
detail 打橫第二
second row
[note the split characters for 橫行]
detail 二百已經綽綽有餘
Two hundred dollars is more than enough
detail 老師我哋參觀二次大戰博物館軍人塚
The teacher brought us to the museum and memorial tombs of World War II.
detail 地鐵西灣河銅鑼灣只需大概二十分鐘車程
It takes only around twenty minutes from Sai Wan Hoi to Causeway Bay by MTR (the Metro).
detail 二分畀人使穿
Slog like slave for the paymaster after having received a miserable remuneration.
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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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