English
- two, both, pair, couple
- two
- tael; a unit measurement common in East Asia
- two; only used in front of measure words or larger base number words except 十 (sap6, ten); otherwise 二 ji6 should be used, e.g. 一二三四五 (jat1 ji6 saam1 sei3 ng5, one two three four five), 第二 (dai6 ji6, second), 十二個 (sap6 ji6 go3, twelve pieces of)
- ounce
- both
- a small number; a meagre number; not more than 幾
- some
- a few
- tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
粵語
- 東亞重量量度單位；香港法定標準一両大約等於38克；一斤等於十六両，一両等於十錢；中國大陸嘅一市両就係50克
- 「二」嘅意思；喺量詞或者「十」以外嘅位數詞前面出現，但係淨係數嘢嘅時候用（例如「兩個」、「兩千」），其餘時候用「二」（例如「一二三四五」、「第二」、「十二個」）。
- 概括表示細數目，唔多過幾
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Variants
Words containing 兩
- 兩岸loeng5 ngon6
bilateral
- 兩老loeng5 lou5
one's parents; one's father and mother [written and colloquial]
- 兩家loeng5 gaa1
two families; both parties together; belong to both parties; both parties each have one part
- 兩份loeng5 fan2
both parties together; belong to both parties; both parties each have one part; two sets; split into two portions, half
- 兩個loeng5 go3
two; two items [written and colloquial]
- 銀兩ngan4 loeng2
silver (as currency)
- 兩難loeng5 naan4
dilemma; quandary
- 兩旁loeng5 pong4
both sides; either side
- 炸兩zaa3 loeng2
(Cantonese cuisine) zhaliang, rice noodle rolls 腸粉|肠粉[chang2 fen3] stuffed with youtiao 油條|油条[you2 tiao2]
- 兩棲loeng5 cai1
amphibious
- 斤兩gan1 loeng2
weight
- 兩粒loeng4 nap1
[measure word] two pieces
- 兩可loeng5 ho2
both options are plausible
- 兩當loeng5 dong1
see 兩當縣|两当县[Liang3 dang1 Xian4]
- 兩睇loeng5 tai2
depends (spoken)
- 兩地loeng5 dei6
two specific places
- 兩全loeng5 cyun4
to satisfy both sides
- 兩德loeng5 dak1
two Germanies
- 兩清loeng5 cing1
to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller)
- 兩性loeng5 sing3
male and female
- 兩極loeng5 gik6
the two poles
- 兩點水loeng5 dim2 seoi2
name of the "ice" radical 冫[bing1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15)
- 公兩gung1 loeng5
hectogram
- 兩立loeng5 laap6
to coexist