双 (shuāng) means Double (pair - both). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我买了一 双 皮鞋。
Wǒ mǎi le yì shuāng píxié.
I bought a pair of leather shoes.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 双
请给我一 双 筷子。
Qǐng gěi wǒ yì shuāng kuàizi.
Please give me a pair of chopsticks.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 双
他穿着一 双 黑皮鞋。
Tā chuān zhe yì shuāng hēi píxié.
He is wearing a pair of black leather shoes.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 皮鞋
这 双 皮鞋有点儿贵。
Zhè shuāng píxié yǒudiǎnr guì.
This pair of leather shoes is a bit expensive.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 皮鞋
桌子上放着两 双 筷子。
Zhuōzi shàng fàng zhe liǎng shuāng kuàizi.
Two pairs of chopsticks are laid on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 筷子
Questions about 双
How is 双 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 双 (shuāng, "Double (pair - both)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 双 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 双 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 双 an HSK word?
Yes — 双 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 双?
The dictionary page for 双 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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