Learn 两 (liǎng) — HSK 3.0 Level 1

两(liǎng)

TOP-500 HSK 3.0 · Level 1 HSK 3.0 · Level 4 YCT 2

Translation

(num.) two (used instead of 'er' in some cases); both (sides or parties); a couple of, a few
(m.) 50 grams

Radical

一(yī) one 入(rù) enter

Simplified 两

Traditional 兩

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Words with 两 8

一(yì) 举(jǔ) 两(liǎng) 得(dé)

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Examples of use 53

只(zhǐ) 有(yǒu) 爸(bà) 爸(ba) 妈(mā) 妈(ma) 才(cái) 能(néng) 分(fēn) 出(chū) 来(lái) 她(tā) 们(men) 姐(jiě) 妹(mèi) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 人(rén) 。(。)

Only Mum and Dad can tell the sisters apart.

那(nǎ) 本(běn) 书(shū) 两(liǎng) 百(bǎi) 元(yuán) 。(。)

That book is two hundred yuan.

如(rú) 果(guǒ) 不(bù) 是(shì) 女(nǚ) 儿(ér) 反(fǎn) 驳(bó) ，(,) 我(wǒ) 还(hái) 意(yì) 识(shí) 不(bù) 到(dào) ，(,) 我(wǒ) 们(men) 自(zì) 己(jǐ) 的(de) 做(zuò) 法(fǎ) 和(hé) 对(duì) 孩(hái) 子(zi) 的(de) 要(yāo) 求(qiú) 实(shí) 行(xíng) 的(de) 是(shì) 两(liǎng) 套(tào) 标(biāo) 准(zhǔn) ，(,) 那(nà) 便(biàn) 是(shì) 对(duì) 自(zì) 己(jǐ) 宽(kuān) 容(róng) ，(,) 对(duì) 孩(hái) 子(zi) 严(yán) 厉(lì) 。(.)

If it weren't for my daughter's rebuttal, I still didn't realize that our own practices and requirements for children are two sets of standards, that is, we are tolerant of ourselves and strict with children.

由(yóu) 于(yú) 意(yì) 见(jiàn) 不(bù) 一(yī) 样(yàng) ，(，) 所(suǒ) 以(yǐ) 两(liǎng) 位(wèi) 老(lǎo) 板(bǎn) 都(dōu) 不(bù) 高(gāo) 兴(xìng) 。(。)

Both bosses are unhappy because of their different opinions.

因(yīn) 为(wèi) 他(tā) 爸(bà) 妈(mā) 是(shì) 不(bù) 同(tóng) 国(guó) 家(jiā) 的(de) 人(rén) ，(，) 所(suǒ) 以(yǐ) 他(tā) 会(huì) 说(shuō) 两(liǎng) 种(zhǒng) 不(bù) 同(tóng) 的(de) 语(yǔ) 言(yán)

Because his parents are from different countries, he can speak two different languages

两(liǎng) 个(gè) 孩(hái) 子(zi) 上(shàng) 学(xué) 不(bù) 用(yòng) 接(jiē) 送(sòng) ，(,) 做(zuò) 作(zuò) 业(yè) 不(bù) 用(yòng) 督(dū) 促(cù) 。(.)

Two children don't need to pick up and drop off when they go to school, and they don't need to

他(tā) 早(zǎo) 饭(fàn) 吃(chī) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 鸡(jī) 蛋(dàn) 。(。)

He eats two eggs for breakfast.

从(cóng) 前(qián) ，(,) 大(dà) 概(gài) 在(zài) 距(jù) 今(jīn) 两(liǎng) 千(qiān) 五(wǔ) 百(bǎi) 多(duō) 年(nián) 前(qián) 的(de) 春(chūn) 秋(qiū) 时(shí) 期(qī) ，(,) 有(yǒu) 一(yī) 个(gè) 人(rén) 叫(jiào) 子(zǐ) 路(lù,) ，(tā) 他(shì) 是(kǒng) 孔(zǐ) 子(zuì) 最(nián) 年(zhǎng) 长(de) 的(xué) 学(shēng) 生(.) 。()

Once upon a time, in the Spring and Autumn Period about 2,500 years ago, there was a man named Zilu, who was the oldest student of Confucius.

会(huì) 议(yì) 已(yǐ) 经(jīng) 进(jìn) 行(xíng) 了(le) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 多(duō) 小(xiǎo) 时(shí) ，(，) 大(dà) 家(jiā) 还(hái) 在(zài) 认(rèn) 真(zhēn) 地(de) 讨(tǎo) 论(lùn) 这(zhè) 个(ge) 问(wèn) 题(tí) 。(。)

The meeting has been going on for more than two hours, and everyone is still discussing this issue seriously.

我(wǒ) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎng) 件(jiàn) 大(dà) 衣(yī) ，(，) 一(yī) 件(jiàn) 是(shì) 黑(hēi) 色(sè) 的(de) ，(，) 另(lìng) 一(yī) 件(jiàn) 是(shì) 咖(kā) 啡(fēi) 色(sè) 的(de) 。(。)

I have two coats, one is black and the other is brown.

两(liǎng) 个(gè) 大(dà) 人(ren) 。(。)

Two adults.

我(wǒ) 的(de) 朋(péng) 友(you) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎng) 只(zhī) 猫(māo) ，(，) 一(yì) 只(zhī) 三(sān) 岁(suì) ，(，) 一(yì) 只(zhī) 五(wǔ) 岁(suì) 。(。)

My friend has two cats, one is three years old and the other is five years old.

中(zhōng) 国(guó) 的(de) 学(xué) 生(sheng) 一(yī) 年(nián) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 长(cháng) 的(de) 假(jià) 期(qī) ，(，) 一(yī) 个(gè) 在(zài) 夏(xià) 天(tiān) ，(，) 一(yī) 个(gè) 在(zài) 冬(dōng) 天(tiān) 。(。)

Chinese students have two long holidays a year, one in summer and one in winter.

从(cóng) 2(2) 0(0) 世(shì) 纪(jì) 8(8) 0(0) 年(nián) 代(dài) 起(qǐ) ，(,) 比(bǐ) 尔(ěr) •(•) 盖(gài) 茨(cí) 每(měi) 年(nián) 都(dōu) 要(yào) 进(jìn) 行(xíng) 两(liǎng) 次(cì) 为(wéi) 期(qī) 一(yī) 周(zhōu) 的(de) “(“) 闭(bì) 关(guān) ”(”) 。(.)

Since 1980s, Bill Gates has conducted two one-week "retreat" every year.

没(méi) 想(xiǎng) 到(dào) 这(zhè) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 颜(yán) 色(sè) 放(fàng) 在(zài) 一(yī) 起(qǐ) 怪(guài) 好(hǎo) 看(kàn) 的(de) 。(。)

I didn't expect these two colours to look so unusually good together.

请(qǐng) 给(gěi) 我(wǒ) 一(yī) 张(zhāng) 两(liǎng) 寸(cùn) 的(de) 照(zhào) 片(piàn) 。(。)

Please give me a two-inch photo.

节(jié) 约(yuē) 和(hé) 浪(làng) 费(fèi) 这(zhè) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 词(cí) 的(de) 意(yì) 思(si) 是(shì) 相(xiāng) 反(fǎn) 的(de) 。(。)

The words economy and waste have opposite meanings.

我(wǒ) 的(de) 学(xué) 校(xiào) 一(yí) 共(gòng) 有(yǒu) 一(yì) 千(qiān) 两(liǎng) 百(bǎi) 个(gè) 学(xué) 生(sheng) 。(。)

There are twelve hundred students in my school.

那(nà) 个(ge) 明(míng) 星(xīng) 这(zhè) 两(liǎng) 年(nián) 很(hěn) 火(huǒ) ，(，) 我(wǒ) 经(jīng) 常(cháng) 在(zài) 电(diàn) 视(shì) 上(shàng) 看(kàn) 到(dào) 他(tā) 。(。)

That celebrity has been very popular in the past two years. I often see him on TV.

我(wǒ) 一(yī) 个(gè) 月(yuè) 看(kàn) 两(liǎng) 次(cì) 电(diàn) 影(yǐng) 。(。)

I watch movies twice a month.

上(shàng) 海(hǎi) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 飞(fēi) 机(jī) 场(chǎng) 。(。)

There are two airports in Shanghai.

呵(ā) ，(,) 这(zhè) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 瓜(guā) 加(jiā) 起(qǐ) 来(lái) 恐(kǒng) 怕(pà) 有(yǒu) 五(wǔ) 六(liù) 斤(jīn) 了(le) 。(.)

Oh, I'm afraid these two melons add up to five or six pounds.

我(wǒ) 们(men) 家(jiā) 有(yǒu) 三(sān) 个(gè) 孩(hái) 子(zi) ，(，) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 男(nán) 孩(hái) ，(，) 一(yī) 个(gè) 女(nǚ) 孩(hái) 。(。)

There are three children in our family, two boys and one girl.

我(wǒ) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 好(hǎo) 朋(péng) 友(you) 。(.)

I have two good friends.

我(wǒ) 们(men) 班(bān) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 张(zhāng) 老(lǎo) 师(shī) 。(。)

Our class has two teachers called Mr Zhang.

我(wǒ) 们(men) 做(zuò) 作(zuo) 业(yè) 做(zuò) 了(le) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 小(xiǎo) 时(shí) 了(le) ，(，) 我(wǒ) 们(men) 休(xiū) 息(xi) 一(yī) 下(xià) 吧(bā) 。(。)

We have been doing our homework for two hours. Let's have a rest.

他(tā) 和(hé) 她(tā) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 子(zi) 女(nǚ) 。(。)

He and she have two children.

我(wǒ) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 哥(gē) 哥(ge) 。(。)

I have two older brothers.

他(tā) 有(yǒu) 几(jǐ) 百(bǎi) 个(gè) 朋(péng) 友(you) ，(,zhǐ) 只(yǒu) 有(liǎng) 两(gè) 个(hǎo) 好(péng) 朋(you) 友(.) 。()

He has several hundred friends, only have two good friends.

两(liǎng) 个(gè) 好(hǎo) 人(rén) 。(。)

Two good people.

他(tā) 们(men) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 是(shì) 母(mǔ) 子(zǐ) 关(guān) 系(xi) 。(。)

The two of them are mother and child.

三(sān) 个(gè) 小(xiǎo) 时(shí) 快(kuài) 乐(lè) 减(jiǎn) 一(yī) 个(gè) 小(xiǎo) 时(shí) 无(wú) 聊(liáo) 等(děng) 于(yú) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 小(xiǎo) 时(shí) 快(kuài) 乐(lè) ，(,) 也(yě) 就(jiù) 是(shì) 说(shuō) ，(,) 我(wǒ) 愉(yú) 快(kuài) 地(de) 度(dù) 过(guò) 了(le) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 小(xiǎo) 时(shí) 。(.)

Three hours of happiness minus one hour of boredom equals two hours of happiness, that is to say, I spent two hours happily.

我(wǒ) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎng) 个(gè) 新(xīn) 老(lǎo) 师(shī) ，(，) 一(yí) 个(gè) 姓(xìng) 李(lǐ) ，(，) 一(yí) 个(gè) 姓(xìng) 王(wáng) 。(。)

I have two new teachers, one with the surname Li and the other with the surname Wang.

我(wǒ) 今(jīn) 天(tiān) 看(kàn) 了(le) 两(liǎng) 位(wèi) 医(yī) 生(shēng) 。(。)

I saw two doctors today.

一(yī) 块(kuài) 橡(xiàng) 皮(pí) 两(liǎng) 块(kuài) 五(wǔ) 毛(máo) 钱(qián) 。(。)

Two dollars and fifty cents for an eraser.

一(yì) 支(zhī) 铅(qiān) 笔(bǐ) 两(liǎng) 块(kuài) 五(wǔ) 毛(máo) 钱(qián) 。(。)

A pencil is two yuan and fifty cents.

我(wǒ) 们(men) 花(huā) 了(le) 两(liǎng) 千(qiān) 元(yuán) 买(mǎi) 了(le) 这(zhè) 台(tái) 咖(kā) 啡(fēi) 机(jī) 。(。)

We paid two thousand yuan for this coffee machine.

我(wǒ) 有(yǒu) 两(liǎng) 只(zhī) 眼(yǎn) 睛(jing) 。(.)

I have two eyes.

我(wǒ) 们(men) 想(xiǎng) 要(yào) 两(liǎng) 间(jiān) 无(wú) 烟(yān) 房(fáng) 。(。)

We'd like two non-smoking rooms.

三(sān) 三(sān) 两(liǎng) 两(liǎng)

in twos and threes

三(sān) 番(fān) 两(liǎng) 次(cì)

repeatedly (idiom)

三(sān) 言(yán) 两(liǎng) 语(yǔ)

in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly

两(liǎng) 全(quán) 其(qí) 美(měi)

to satisfy rival demands (idiom) | to get the best of both worlds | to have it both ways | to have one's cake and eat it too

两(liǎng) 岸(àn)

bilateral | both shores | both sides | both coasts | Taiwan and mainland

两(liǎng) 面(miàn)

both sides

请(qíng) 给(géi) 我(wó) 两(liǎng) 杯(bēi) 红(hóng) 酒(jiǔ) 。(.)

Two glasses of red wine, please

两(liǎng) 个(gè)

two units, two

两(liǎng) 个(gè) 星(xīng) 期(qī) 。()

Two weeks.

两(liáng) 百(bǎi)

two hundred

两(liáng) 本(běn) 书(shū)

two books

两(liǎng) 张(zhāng)

over and over again, repeatedly

两(liáng) 点(diǎn) 建(jiàn) 议(yì)

I (want to) buy two stamps.

两(liǎng) 年(nián)

two pieces (of tickets, paper), two (tables, faces, etc.)

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