倆

See also: 俩

倆 U+5006, 倆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5006 ← 倅 [U+5005] CJK Unified Ideographs 倇 → [U+5007]

Translingual

Han character

倆 (radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人一中月 (OMLB), four-corner 2122₇, composition ⿰亻兩)

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		倆
simp.		俩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兩) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
倆	*raŋʔ
兩	*raŋʔ, *raŋs
脼	*raŋʔ
緉	*raŋʔ, *raŋs
蜽	*raŋʔ
魎	*raŋʔ
輛	*raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raŋʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 兩 (OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs).

Etymology 1

Contraction of 兩個 (liǎngge, “two + classifier”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎ (lia³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): lióng / liáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄚˇ
    • Wade–Giles: lia³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lea
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵
    • Yale: léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœ̽ːŋ¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
    • Tâi-lô: lióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng
    • Tâi-lô: liáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³/

Definitions

倆

1. (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

2. (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? [Pinyin]

   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.

Related terms

• 仨 (sā)

Compounds

• 他倆／他俩
• 他們倆／他们俩 (tāmen liǎ)
• 你們倆／你们俩 (nǐmen liǎ)
• 倆心眼兒／俩心眼儿
• 倆錢兒／俩钱儿

• 倆錢兒／俩钱儿
• 公母倆／公母俩
• 哥倆好／哥俩好
• 哥兒倆／哥儿俩 (gēr liǎ)
• 姊兒倆／姊儿俩

• 我倆／我俩 (wǒliǎ)
• 我們倆／我们俩 (wǒmen liǎ)
• 爺兒倆／爷儿俩 (yérliǎ)
• 老哥兒倆／老哥儿俩

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎng (liang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): lióng / liáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Wade–Giles: liang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵
    • Yale: léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœ̽ːŋ¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
    • Tâi-lô: lióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng
    • Tâi-lô: liáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raŋʔ/

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

1. Only used in 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng).

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Japanese

Kanji

倆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: たくみ (takumi, 倆)

Compounds

• 伎倆, 技倆
• 力倆

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Korean

Hanja

倆 (eum 량 (ryang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倆: Hán Nôm readings: lưỡng, lạng

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