The Chinese word for two is
二
èrChinese Definition
| two | |
| 1. 二 |
Translations for two and their definitions
| 二 | |
| 1. two | |
| 二 號 線 (èr hào xiàn) - line no. 2 | |
| 2. second | |
| 二哥 - second elder brother | |
| 二意 - tr=èryì - | |
| 二心 - tr=èrxīn - | |
| 3. (handwritten, dated, now, informal) (An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.) | |
| Synonyms: 々, 〻 | |
| 4. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands. | |
| ※ (Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value | |
| 百 二 - one hundred twenty | |
| 百 二 (pah jī) - one hundred twenty, MN | |
| 買 電腦 花 了 一 千 二。 (Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr.) - Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks. | |
| 5. Short for "twenty cents". | |
| 黃瓜 一 塊 二 一 斤。 (Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn.) - The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram. | |
| 6. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way) | |
| 你 這 人 怎麼 這麼 二！ (Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr!) - Why are you so incorrigibly stupid! | |
| 7. (HKC, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject) | |
| 我 中文man4-2 二 咗，入 唔到 Uju1。 - I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university. | |
| 8. (classical) Alternative form of 貳; usually limited to the simplified script | |
| 不二过 - tr=bù'èrguò | |
| 9. usage. See 兩 - Usage notes. |
| 兩 | |
| 1. two | |
| 兩 隻 熱氣球 - two hot air balloons | |
| 2. two (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military) | |
| 3. some; few | |
| 你們 這 兩 天 真 夠 辛苦 的。 - You've really been working hard the past few days. | |
| 4. different; distinct | |
| 兩樣 - difference | |
| 我們 說 的 是 兩 回 事。 - We are talking about different things. | |
| 5. =====Usage notes===== | |
| 6. tael (a traditional unit of weight) | |
| 7. (Mainland China) Short for 市兩, market tael, equal to 1/10 of a catty or 50 grams | |
| 8. (Hong Kong) equal to 1/16 of a catty or 37.7994 grams | |
| 9. (Taiwan) Short for 臺兩, Taiwanese tael, equal to 1/16 of a catty or 37.5 grams | |
| 10. (historical) metal currency unit used in China and Japan | |
| 11. Short for 公兩, hectogram | |
| 12. =====Usage notes===== | |
| 13. Original form of 輛 | |
| 14. Variant of 魎 |
| 两 | |
| 1. Variant of 兩 |
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