二重

Chinese

		two	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
simp. and trad. (二重)		二	重

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrchóng
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-chʻung²
    • Yale: èr-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellchorng
    • Palladius: эрчун (erčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ cung⁴
    • Yale: yih chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Adjective

二重

1. (attributive) double; twofold; dual

   二重證據法／二重证据法  ―  èrchóng zhèngjùfǎ  ―  dual-evidence approach

Synonyms

• 兩重／两重 (liǎngchóng)

Derived terms

• 二重唱 (èrchóngchàng)
• 二重國籍／二重国籍 (èrchóng guójí)
• 二重奏 (èrchóngzòu)
• 二重性 (èrchóngxìng)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
二	重
に Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にじゅう [nìjúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑɨᵝː]

Noun

二(に)重(じゅう) • (nijū) ^{←にぢゆう (nidyuu)?}

1. double, twofold

Derived terms

• 二重底(にじゅうぞこ) (nijūzoko, “double sole; double bottom”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
二	重
ふた Grade: 1	え Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふた​え [fùtáꜜè] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ふたえ​ [fùtáéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝta̠e̞]

Noun

二(ふた)重(え) • (futae) ^{←ふたへ (futafe)?}

1. double, twofold
2. Short for 二重瞼 (futae-mabuta).

   二重(ふたえ)幅(はば)

   futae-haba

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See also

• ダブル (daburu)
• 一重(ひとえ) (hitoe, “single”)
• 二重(ふたえ) (futae, “double”)
• 三重(みえ) (mie, “triple”)
• 四重(よえ) (yoe, “quadruple”)
• 五重(いつえ) (itsue, “quintuple”)
• 六重(むえ) (mue, “sextuple”)
• 七重(ななえ) (nanae, “septuple”)
• 八重(やえ) (yae, “octuple”)
• 九重(ここのえ) (kokonoe, “nonuple”)
• 十重(とえ) (toe, “decuple”)
• 二十重(はたえ) (hatae, “vigintuple”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
二	重

Noun

二重 • (ijung) (hangeul 이중)

1. Hanja form^? of 이중 (“being duplicate; being double; there being two (of something)”).