两 (liǎng) means Two (a few - both). Below are 24 of the 45 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
这 两 件衣服都很便宜。
Zhè liǎng jiàn yīfu dōu hěn piányi.
Both of these clothes are cheap.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 两
树上有 两 只鸟。
Shù shàng yǒu liǎng zhī niǎo.
There are two birds in the tree.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 鸟
我买了 两 件衣服。
Wǒ mǎi le liǎng jiàn yīfu.
I bought two pieces of clothing.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 件
妹妹比我小 两 岁。
Mèimei bǐ wǒ xiǎo liǎng suì.
My younger sister is two years younger than me.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 妹妹
From the graded readers
面试我的一共有 两 个人。
miàn shì wǒ de(possessive) yīgòng yǒu liǎng gèrén.
Two people interviewed me.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
两 年前，我决定开始跑步。
liǎng niánqián, wǒ juédìng kāishǐ pǎobù.
Two years ago I decided to start running.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
路 两 边盖起了很多新房子。
lù liǎngbian gài qǐle hěnduō xīnfáng zǐ.
New buildings had gone up on both sides.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
两 个小时以后，我又打了一次。
liǎng gè xiǎoshí yǐhòu, wǒ yòu dǎle yīcì.
Two hours later I tried again.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
我在家休息了 两 天，现在已经好了。
wǒ zàijiā xiūxi le / liǎo / liào liǎng tiān, xiànzài yǐjīng hǎo / hào le / liǎo / liào.
I rested at home for two days, and I'm better now.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
回到家还要继续做，常常 两 点才睡。
huídào jiā háiyāo jìxù zuò, chángcháng liǎng diǎn cái shuì.
I'd carry on at home and often didn't get to bed until two.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
From the travel phrasebook
少发了 两 百个。
Shǎo fā le liǎngbǎi gè.
Two hundred units are short.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
这个够 两 个人吃。
Zhège gòu liǎng ge rén chī.
That's enough for two people.
Travel phrasebook · Reading a Chinese menu
尺寸差了 两 毫米。
Chǐcùn chà le liǎng háomǐ.
The size is two millimetres out.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
From the grammar library
现在 两 点半。
Xiànzài liǎng diǎn bàn.
It's half past two.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
我有 两 个孩子。
Wǒ yǒu liǎng ge háizi.
I have two children.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 有 — have and there is
请给我 两 杯水。
Qǐng gěi wǒ liǎng bēi shuǐ.
Two glasses of water, please.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
他买了 两 本书。
Tā mǎi le liǎng běn shū.
He bought two books.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
我学了 两 年中文。
Wǒ xué le liǎng nián Zhōngwén.
I studied Chinese for two years.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
两 appears in 45 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 两
How is 两 used in a sentence?
This page shows 45 sentences using 两 (liǎng, "Two (a few - 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 两 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 两 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 两 an HSK word?
Yes — 两 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 两?
The dictionary page for 两 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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