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
(Pinyin): liǎ (lia³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): lia²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lióng / liáng

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵
  - Yale: léuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lia²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /lia⁵³/
Southern Min
- (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

(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
- 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.
(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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎng (liang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lióng / liáng

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵
  - Yale: léuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (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/

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

Only used in 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng).

Japanese

Kanji

倆

(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

Korean

Hanja

倆 (eum 량 (ryang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倆: Hán Nôm readings: lưỡng, lạng

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