两

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 两点可以。

  Liǎng diǎn kě yǐ

  Two o'clock would be OK.

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• 我有两本书。

  Wǒ yǒu liǎng běn shū

  I have two books.

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• 你有两本书。

  Nǐ yǒu liǎng běn shū

  You have two books.

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• 我有两个孩子。

  Wǒ yǒu liǎng gè hái zi

  I have two children.

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Words containing 两

• 两liǎng 3two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old)
• 两边liǎng bian 3–5either side; both sides
• 两岸liǎng àn 3–4 bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland
• 两侧liǎng cè 3–4 two sides; both sides
• 两手liǎng shǒu 3–3 → 2–3one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise
• 一举两得yī jǔ liǎng dé 1–3–3–2 → 4–2–3–2one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
• 两口子liǎng kǒu zi 3–3–5 → 2–3–5husband and wife
• 两栖liǎng qī 3–1 amphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines
• 有两下子yǒu liǎng xià zi 3–3–4–5 → 2–3–4–5to have real skill; to know one's stuff