两 liǎng▶ dua

Stroke order

两 is written in 7 strokes.

• 两

Senses

1. two
2. both
3. some
4. a few

Example sentences

• 我有两本书。Wǒ yǒu liǎng běn shū.I have two books.
• 我想买两个苹果。Wǒ xiǎng mǎi liǎng gè píngguǒ.I want to buy two apples.
• 他要两杯水。Tā yào liǎng bēi shuǐ.He wants two cups of water.

Related words

• 零nol
• 一satu
• 二dua
• 三tiga
• 四empat
• 五lima
• 六enam
• 七tujuh
• 八delapan
• 九sembilan
• 十sepuluh
• 百seratus
• 千seribu
• 万sepuluh ribu
• 亿Miliar
• 半setengah
• 几beberapa, berapa banyak
• 多少berapa banyak
• 数字nomor
• 号nomor/tanggal

两 is pronounced liǎng and means “dua”. HSK 2 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 两 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.