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两 liǎng — “two (of something)”
How to write and say the Chinese character 两 (liǎng), which means two (of something) — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.
Pinyin · 拼音 liǎng
Meaning · 意思 two (of something)
Strokes · 笔画 7
Radical · 部首 一 (one)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
两 is written with 7 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: two people 从 together in a cart.
A common word常用词
两个
two of them
Example sentence例句
桌上有两个苹果。
There are two apples on the table.
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