兩個 (loeng5 go3 | liang3 ge4) : two; two items

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兩個

loeng5 go3

liang3 ge4

two; two items

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

兩個 / 两个

This word has been viewed 3646 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 15th Mar 2007 03:59 and last edited on 16th Apr 2014 10:53

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兩 loeng5 loeng2 - two; pair
個 go3 - unit; individual

2 compounds containing this word:

兩個中國 - two-China (policy)
Common Formations:
兩個文明 - material and ethical progress

Showing all 10 examples containing 兩個

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]

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

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.]

這兩個詞搭配不當。國
These two words don't go together.

佢地兩個可以拉埋天窗全靠我揸大葵扇咋粵
The two of them got married all because I matchmade them together.

瓦礫責死咗兩個人粵
The debris crushed and killed two persons.

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.]

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. ]

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