二 (èr) means Two. Below are 24 of the 37 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
洗手间在 二 楼。
Xǐshǒujiān zài èr lóu.
The toilets are on the second floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 洗手间
这个楼有 二 十层。
Zhège lóu yǒu èrshí céng.
This building has twenty floors.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 层
一共是一百 二 十元。
Yígòng shì yìbǎi èrshí yuán.
That comes to a hundred and twenty yuan.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 元
他很年轻，才 二 十岁。
Tā hěn niánqīng, cái èrshí suì.
He is young — only twenty.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 年轻
From the graded readers
坐车要 二 十分钟。
zuò chē yāo èrshí fēnzhōng.
It takes twenty minutes by bus.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
我们班有十 二 个学生。
wǒmen bān yǒu shí'èr gè xuésheng.
There are twelve students in our class.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
我们每天学习 二 十个字。
wǒmen měitiān xuéxí èrshí gè zì.
We learn twenty characters a day.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
一共装了 二 十六个箱子。
yīgòng zhuāngle èrshíliù gè xiāngzi.
Twenty-six boxes in all.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
第 二 天他连谢谢都没说。
dì'èr tiān tā lián xièxie dōu méi shuō.
The next day he didn't even say thank you.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
她教中文已经教了 二 十年了。
tā jiāo zhōngwén yǐjīng jiāo le / liǎo / liào èrshí nián le / liǎo / liào.
She's been teaching Chinese for twenty years.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
From the travel phrasebook
这是我的 二 维码。
Zhè shì wǒ de èrwéimǎ.
Here's my QR code.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
这个要等 二 十分钟。
Zhège yào děng èrshí fēnzhōng.
That one takes twenty minutes.
Travel phrasebook · Reading a Chinese menu
From the grammar library
这是第 二 课。
Zhè shì dì-èr kè.
This is Lesson Two.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
快十 二 点了。
Kuài shí'èr diǎn le.
It's nearly twelve o'clock.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen
一共 二 十 二 个人。
Yígòng èrshí'èr ge rén.
Twenty-two people in total.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
我们班有 二 十个学生。
Wǒmen bān yǒu èrshí ge xuésheng.
There are twenty students in our class.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 有 — have and there is
我的生日是 二 月 二 号。
Wǒ de shēngrì shì èr yuè èr hào.
My birthday is February 2nd.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
二 appears in 37 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 二
How is 二 used in a sentence?
This page shows 37 sentences using 二 (èr, "Two"), 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 二 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 二 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 二 an HSK word?
Yes — 二 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 二?
The dictionary page for 二 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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