Chinese symbol for “two”
两
liǎng
Traditional: 兩
two; both; some; a few
The closest CC-CEDICT match for two is 两 (liǎng), defined as: two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “two”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二 | èr | two; 2 |
| 双 (雙) | shuāng | two; double |
| 俩 (倆) | liǎ | two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个); both |
| 贰 (貳) | èr | two (banker's anti-fraud numeral); to betray |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 两.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “two”.
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.