双 shuāng▶ doble, par

Stroke order

双 is written in 4 strokes.

• 双

Senses

1. two
2. double
3. pair
4. both
5. even (number)

Example sentences

• 我买了一双新鞋。Wǒ mǎi le yì shuāng xīn xié.I bought a new pair of shoes.
• 这双袜子是谁的？Zhè shuāng wàzi shì shéi de?Whose pair of socks is this?

Related words

• 双方ambos lados
• 双胞胎Pezuñas de caballo

双 is pronounced shuāng and means “doble, par”. You will meet it in HSK 3, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 双 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.