Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
二
èr
Description
"二"是一个数字，比一大，比三小。
"二" is a number, bigger than one and smaller than three.
我们数数的时候会说"一、二、三"。
When we count, we say "one, 二, three".
Meanings
二èr
the number two
我有两个哥哥，他今年二十岁。
I have two older brothers; he is twenty years old this year.
第二dì èr
second (in order)
这是我第二次来北京。
This is my second time in Beijing.
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Notes
- Nuance
use 两 (not 二) before measure words, e.g. 两个人, but 二十, 二楼.
- Etymology
二 is one of the simplest characters, two horizontal strokes representing two.
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