Chinese symbol for “twice”
两下
liǎng xià
Traditional: 兩下
twice; for a little while
The closest CC-CEDICT match for twice is 两下 (liǎng xià), defined as: twice; for a little while.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “twice”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兼 | jiān | double; twice |
| 二度 | èr dù | again; twice; (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes) |
| 二次 | èr cì | second (i.e. number two); second time |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 两下.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 两岸 (兩岸) | liǎng àn | bilateral; both shores |
| 两者 (兩者) | liǎng zhě | both of them; the two of them |
| 两侧 (兩側) | liǎng cè | two sides; both sides |
| 两边 (兩邊) | liǎng biān | either side; both sides |
| 两面 (兩面) | liǎng miàn | both sides |
| 两倍 (兩倍) | liǎng bèi | twice as much; double the amount |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
See also: Japanese symbol for “twice”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.