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 (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

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 / 形声, OC *raŋʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 兩 (OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): liǎ (lia³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄚˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): niang³

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): liá

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): liǎn

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): liong³
• Jin (Wiktionary): lia²
• Northern Min (KCR): liǒng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lyorng³ / lyoeng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lióng / liáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liang²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎ
    • Wade–Giles: lia³
    • Yale: lyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lea
    • Palladius: ля (lja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ä²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: niang³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niaŋ⁵³/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: liá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lia²⁴/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: liǎn
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): lian³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liã¹¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵
    • Yale: léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liong³
    • Sinological IPA: /liɔŋ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lia²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /lia⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liǒng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɔŋ²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lyorng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: liô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lyoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyøŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
    • Tâi-lô: lióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /liɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng
    • Tâi-lô: liáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liarng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lian
    • MiniDict: lian^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²³/

Definitions

倆

1. (colloquial, contraction) 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 XLIV

     Wǒ wèn tā nèige shìqing, nǐ gàosu rénjia méiyǒu, tā qiányǎngrhòuhé de, zhí dèngzhe liǎ yǎnjing, yī shēngr bù yányu. [Pinyin]

     I asked him if he had given the orders I desired, and he stared straight at me [with both eyes], heeling and lurching to and fro, without answering a word.

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 (tāliǎ)
• 他們倆 / 他们俩 (tāmen liǎ)
• 你倆 / 你俩
• 你們倆 / 你们俩 (nǐmen liǎ)
• 倆心眼兒 / 俩心眼儿
• 倆錢兒 / 俩钱儿
• 公母倆 / 公母俩 (gōngmuliǎ)
• 咱倆 / 咱俩 (zánliǎ)
• 咱們倆 / 咱们俩
• 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
• 老哥兒倆 / 老哥儿俩

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): liǎng (liang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): niang³

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): liá

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): liǎn

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): liong³
• Northern Min (KCR): liǒng
• Eastern Min (BUC): liōng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lyorng³ / lyoeng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lióng / liáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liang²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎng
    • Wade–Giles: liang³
    • Yale: lyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leang
    • Palladius: лян (ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: niang³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niaŋ⁵³/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: liá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lia²⁴/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: liǎn
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): lian³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liã¹¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵
    • Yale: léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liong³
    • Sinological IPA: /liɔŋ³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liǒng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɔŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uoŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lyorng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: liô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyɒŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lyoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyøŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
    • Tâi-lô: lióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng
    • Tâi-lô: liáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liarng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lian
    • MiniDict: lian^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²³/

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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)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nn̄g

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: nn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nŋ̍³³/

Definitions

倆

1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 兩 / 两 (nn̄g, “two”)
   • 2021, 張燕清, “北海道之戀”, in 北海道之戀, performed by 謝宜君 and 楊哲:

     後卡伊朵（北海道）的戀歌是咱倆人作陣寫作陣唱的心聲 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     后卡伊朵（北海道）的恋歌是咱俩人作阵写作阵唱的心声 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     Hokkaido ê loân-koa sī lán nn̄g lâng chòe-tīn siá chòe-tīn chhiùⁿ ê sim-siaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• This form is especially used for counting people.

References

• “倆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [The Archives of Licheng District, Putian City], editor (2022), “俩”, in 《莆仙方言文读字汇》 [A Character Collection of Literary Readings of the Puxian Topolect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 137.

Japanese

Kanji

倆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kun: たくみ (takumi, 倆)

Compounds

• 伎(ぎ)倆(りょう), 技(ぎ)倆(りょう) (giryō)
• 力(りき)倆(りょう) (rikiryō)

Korean

Hanja

倆 (eum 량 (ryang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倆: Hán Nôm readings: lưỡng, lạng

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