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Translingual
Han character
倆 (Kangxi radical 9, 人 +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人一中月 (OMLB ), four-corner 21227 , composition ⿰亻 兩 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 107 , character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 751
Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 172, character 6
Unihan data for U+5006
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
倆
*raŋʔ
兩
*raŋʔ, *raŋs
脼
*raŋʔ
緉
*raŋʔ, *raŋs
蜽
*raŋʔ
魎
*raŋʔ
輛
*raŋs
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *raŋʔ ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 兩 ( OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs ) .
Etymology 1
Contraction of 兩 個 (liǎngge , “two + classifier ”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
倆
( colloquial ) functioning as 兩 (“two”) + an implied classifier : two ; pair ; couple ; both
倆 魚 / 俩 鱼 ― liǎ yú ― two fish
姐妹 倆 / 姐妹 俩 ― jiěmèi liǎ ― the two sisters
我 問 他 那個 事情 、你 告訴 人家 沒有 、他 前仰兒後合 的 、直 瞪 着 倆 眼睛 、一 聲兒 不 言語 。 [Beijing Mandarin , trad. ] 我 问 他 那个 事情 、你 告诉 人家 没有 、他 前仰儿后合 的 、直 瞪 着 俩 眼睛 、一 声儿 不 言语 。 [Beijing Mandarin , simp. ] From: 1886 , Thomas Francis Wade and Walter Caine Hillier, 《語言自邇集》 , The Hundred Lessons, lesson XLIVWǒ wèn tā nèige shìqing, nǐ gàosu rénjia méiyǒu, tā qiányǎngrhòuhé de, zhí dèngzhe liǎ yǎnjing, yī shēngr bù yányu. I asked him if he had given the orders I desired, and he stared straight at me , heeling and lurching to and fro, without answering a word.
( colloquial , chiefly Mainland China ) a few ; some
有 那麼 倆 臭 子兒 還 真 以為 有 多 了不起 啊 ? [dialectal Mandarin , trad. ] 有 那么 俩 臭 子儿 还 真 以为 有 多 了不起 啊 ? [dialectal Mandarin , simp. ] Yǒu nènme liǎ chòu zǐr hái zhēn yǐwéi yǒu duó liǎobùqǐ a? They've only got a bit of money and they really think they're somebody?
Usage notes
倆/俩 is not followed by any classifier.
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
倆
Reading #
1/1
No.
8053
Phonetic component
兩
Rime group
陽
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese
/*raŋʔ/
Definitions
倆
only used in 伎倆 / 伎俩 (jìliǎng )
References
“倆 ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database) , 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong ), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022 ), “俩 ”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary ] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 137 .
Japanese
Kanji
倆
(Hyōgai kanji )
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
倆 (eum 량 ( ryang ) )
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Vietnamese
Han character
倆 : Hán Nôm readings: lưỡng , lạng
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