liǎng

two, both, pair, couple; ounce

DEFINITIONS

兩 liǎng
  • two
  • both
  • some
  • a few
  • tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)

WORDS

廂情願 liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn both sides are willing; by mutual consent
廣 liǎng guǎng the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
廣總督 liǎng guǎng zǒng dū Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi
彈一星 liǎng dàn yī xīng (China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
德 liǎng dé two Germanies; refers to German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
性 liǎng xìng male and female; both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc); (chemistry) amphoteric
性動物 liǎng xìng dòng wù hermaphrodite creature
性差距 liǎng xìng chā jù disparity between the sexes
性平等 liǎng xìng píng děng equality between the sexes
性異形 liǎng xìng yì xíng sexual dimorphism
性花 liǎng xìng huā hermaphrodite flower
性離子 liǎng xìng lí zǐ (chemistry) zwitterion
願 liǎng qíng liǎng yuàn by mutual consent (north China dialect)
情相悅 liǎng qíng xiāng yuè (of a couple) to be harmonious; to be each other's sunshine
手不沾陽春水 liǎng shǒu bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ see 十指不沾陽春水|十指不沾阳春水[shi2 zhi3 bu4 zhan1 yang2 chun1 shui3]
手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
把刷子 liǎng bǎ shuā zi ability; skill
敗俱傷 liǎng bài jù shāng both sides suffer (idiom); neither side wins
方 liǎng fāng both sides (in contract); the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
旁 liǎng páng both sides; either side
星期 liǎng xīng qī fortnight
會 liǎng huì National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
棲 liǎng qī amphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines
棲動物 liǎng qī dòng wù amphibian; amphibious animals
棲類 liǎng qī lèi class Amphibia; amphibians