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Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.

ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	两	兩	liǎng	liang3	two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old)
2	两者	兩者	liǎng zhě	liang3 zhe3	both sides
3	两国	兩國	liǎng guó	liang3 guo2	both countries; two countries
4	两侧	兩側	liǎng cè	liang3 ce4	two sides; both sides
5	两端	兩端	liǎng duān	liang3 duan1	both ends (of a stick etc); two extremes
6	两手	兩手	liǎng shǒu	liang3 shou3	double tactics; twin strategies
7	两边	兩邊	liǎng bian	liang3 bian5	either side; both sides
8	两岸	兩岸	liǎng àn	liang3 an4	bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland
9	两旁	兩旁	liǎng páng	liang3 pang2	both sides; either side
10	两极	兩極	liǎng jí	liang3 ji2	the two poles; the north and south poles; both ends of sth; electric or magnetic poles
11	两千	兩千	liǎng qiān	liang3 qian1	two thousand
12	两面	兩面	liǎng miàn	liang3 mian4	both sides
13	两头	兩頭	liǎng tóu	liang3 tou2	both ends; both parties to a deal
14	两口子	兩口子	liǎng kǒu zi	liang3 kou3 zi5	husband and wife
15	两性	兩性	liǎng xìng	liang3 xing4	male and female; both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc); (chemistry) amphoteric
16	两样	兩樣	liǎng yàng	liang3 yang4	two kinds; difference
17	两下	兩下	liǎng xià	liang3 xia4	twice; for a little while
18	两岸对话	兩岸對話	liǎng àn duì huà	liang3 an4 dui4 hua4	bilateral talks
19	两岸三地	兩岸三地	liǎng àn sān dì	liang3 an4 san1 di4	China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997)
20	两把刷子	兩把刷子	liǎng bǎ shuā zi	liang3 ba3 shua1 zi5	ability; skill
21	两百万	兩百萬	liǎng bǎi wàn	liang3 bai3 wan4	two million
22	两百亿	兩百億	liǎng bǎi yì	liang3 bai3 yi4	twenty billion
23	两败俱伤	兩敗俱傷	liǎng bài jù shāng	liang3 bai4 ju4 shang1	both sides suffer (idiom); neither side wins
24	两倍	兩倍	liǎng bèi	liang3 bei4	twice as much; double the amount
25	两鬓苍苍	兩鬢蒼蒼	liǎng bìn cāng cāng	liang3 bin4 cang1 cang1	graying at the temples (idiom)
26	两步路	兩步路	liǎng bù lù	liang3 bu4 lu4	a step away; very close
27	两不误	兩不誤	liǎng bù wù	liang3 bu4 wu4	to neglect neither one
28	两不相欠	兩不相欠	liǎng bù xiāng qiàn	liang3 bu4 xiang1 qian4	to be even; to be quits; to be even-steven
29	两侧对称	兩側對稱	liǎng cè duì chèn	liang3 ce4 dui4 chen4	bilateral symmetry
30	两次	兩次	liǎng cì	liang3 ci4	twice
31	两弹一星	兩彈一星	liǎng dàn yī xīng	liang3 dan4 yi1 xing1	(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
32	两当	兩當	liǎng dāng	Liang3 dang1	Liangdang county in Longnan 陇南 , Gansu
33	两当县	兩當縣	liǎng dāng xiàn	Liang3 dang1 xian4	Liangdang county in Longnan 陇南 , Gansu
34	两党制	兩黨制	liǎng dǎng zhì	liang3 dang3 zhi4	two-party system
35	两德	兩德	liǎng dé	liang3 De2	two Germanies; refers to German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
36	两点十九分	兩點十九分	liǎng diǎn shí jiǔ fēn	liang3 dian3 shi2 jiu3 fen1	2 :1 9 (time of day)
37	两点水	兩點水	liǎng diǎn shuǐ	liang3 dian3 shui3	name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15); see also 冫
38	两耳不闻窗外事	兩耳不聞窗外事	liǎng ěr bù wén chuāng wài shì	liang3 er3 bu4 wen2 chuang1 wai4 shi4	to pay no attention to outside matters
39	两耳塞豆	兩耳塞豆	liǎng ěr sāi dòu	liang3 er3 sai1 dou4	to turn a deaf ear (idiom)
40	两方	兩方	liǎng fāng	liang3 fang1	both sides (in contract); the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
41	两分法	兩分法	liǎng fēn fǎ	liang3 fen1 fa3	(Maoism) one divides into two
42	两个或更多	兩個或更多	liǎng gè huò gèng duō	liang3 ge4 huo4 geng4 duo1	two or more
43	两个或两个以上	兩個或兩個以上	liǎng gè huò liǎng gè yǐ shàng	liang3 ge4 huo4 liang3 ge4 yi3 shang4	two or more
44	两个中国	兩個中國	liǎng gè zhōng guó	liang3 ge4 zhong1 guo2	two-China (policy)
45	两广	兩廣	liǎng guǎng	Liang3 Guang3	the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
46	两广总督	兩廣總督	liǎng guǎng zǒng dū	liang3 guang3 zong3 du1	Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi
47	两国关系	兩國關係	liǎng guó guān xì	liang3 guo2 guan1 xi4	bilateral relations
48	两国相争，不斩来使	兩國相爭，不斬來使	liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ	liang3 guo2 xiang1 zheng1 , bu4 zhan3 lai2 shi3	when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
49	两国之间	兩國之間	liǎng guó zhī jiān	liang3 guo2 zhi1 jian1	bilateral; between two countries
50	两汉	兩漢	liǎng hàn	liang3 Han4	Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD); refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
51	两河	兩河	liǎng hé	liang3 he2	two rivers; Mesopotamia
52	两河流域	兩河流域	liǎng hé liú yù	liang3 he2 liu2 yu4	Mesopotamia
53	两河文明	兩河文明	liǎng hé wén míng	liang3 he2 wen2 ming2	Mesopotamian civilization
54	两湖	兩湖	liǎng hú	Liang3 Hu2	Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces
55	两虎相斗	兩虎相鬥	liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu	liang3 hu3 xiang1 dou4	two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries; a battle of the giants
56	两虎相斗，必有一伤	兩虎相鬥，必有一傷	liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng	liang3 hu3 xiang1 dou4 , bi4 you3 yi1 shang1	when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom); if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.
57	两虎相争	兩虎相爭	liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng	liang3 hu3 xiang1 zheng1	two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
58	两虎相争，必有一伤	兩虎相爭，必有一傷	liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng	liang3 hu3 xiang1 zheng1 , bi4 you3 yi1 shang1	if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom); if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
59	两回事	兩回事	liǎng huí shì	liang3 hui2 shi4	two quite different things; two unrelated matters
60	两会	兩會	liǎng huì	Liang3 hui4	National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
61	两极分化	兩極分化	liǎng jí fēn huà	liang3 ji2 fen1 hua4	polarization
62	两颊生津	兩頰生津	liǎng jiá shēng jīn	liang3 jia2 sheng1 jin1	mouth-watering; to whet one's appetite
63	两江道	兩江道	liǎng jiāng dào	Liang3 jiang1 dao4	Ryanggang province province in north North Korea, adjacent to Jilin province
64	两脚架	兩腳架	liǎng jiǎo jià	liang3 jiao3 jia4	bipod (supporting a machine gun etc)
65	两节棍	兩節棍	liǎng jié gùn	liang3 jie2 gun4	nunchaku
66	两句	兩句	liǎng jù	liang3 ju4	(say) a few words
67	两可之间	兩可之間	liǎng kě zhī jiān	liang3 ke3 zhi1 jian1	to be torn two ways; Both are possible.; maybe, maybe not (idiom)
68	两肋插刀	兩肋插刀	liǎng lèi chā dāo	liang3 lei4 cha1 dao1	lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom); fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
69	两泪交流	兩淚交流	liǎng lèi jiāo liú	liang3 lei4 jiao1 liu2	with two streams of tears running down one's face (idiom)
70	两泪汪汪	兩淚汪汪	liǎng lèi wāng wāng	liang3 lei4 wang1 wang1	brimming with tears (idiom)
71	两立	兩立	liǎng lì	liang3 li4	to coexist; coexistence
72	两脸紫胀	兩臉紫脹	liǎng liǎn zǐ zhàng	liang3 lian3 zi3 zhang4	Both cheeks turned purple in anger. (idiom)
73	两码事	兩碼事	liǎng mǎ shì	liang3 ma3 shi4	two quite different things; another kettle of fish
74	两蒙其利	兩蒙其利	liǎng méng qí lì	liang3 meng2 qi2 li4	both benefit from it (idiom)
75	两面派	兩面派	liǎng miàn pài	liang3 mian4 pai4	two-faced person; double-dealing
76	两面三刀	兩面三刀	liǎng miàn sān dāo	liang3 mian4 san1 dao1	two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross; double dealing and back stabbing
77	两面手法	兩面手法	liǎng miàn shǒu fǎ	liang3 mian4 shou3 fa3	double-dealing (idiom)
78	两难	兩難	liǎng nán	liang3 nan2	dilemma; quandary; to face a difficult choice
79	两栖	兩棲	liǎng qī	liang3 qi1	amphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines
80	两栖动物	兩棲動物	liǎng qī dòng wù	liang3 qi1 dong4 wu4	amphibian; amphibious animals
81	两栖类	兩棲類	liǎng qī lèi	liang3 qi1 lei4	class Amphibia; amphibians
82	两讫	兩訖	liǎng qì	liang3 qi4	received and paid for (business term); the goods delivered and the bill settled
83	两千六百一十六	兩千六百一十六	liǎng qiān liù bǎi yī shí liù	liang3 qian1 liu4 bai3 yi1 shi2 liu4	2616
84	两千年	兩千年	liǎng qiān nián	liang3 qian1 nian2	the year 2000; 2000 years
85	两亲	兩親	liǎng qīn	liang3 qin1	see 双亲
86	两清	兩清	liǎng qīng	liang3 qing1	loan settled (business term); business complete to the satisfaction of both parties
87	两情两愿	兩情兩願	liǎng qíng liǎng yuàn	liang3 qing2 liang3 yuan4	by mutual consent (north China dialect)
88	两情相悦	兩情相悅	liǎng qíng xiāng yuè	liang3 qing2 xiang1 yue4	(of a couple) to be harmonious; to be each other's sunshine
89	两全	兩全	liǎng quán	liang3 quan2	to satisfy both sides; to accommodate both (demands)
90	两权分立	兩權分立	liǎng quán fēn lì	liang3 quan2 fen1 li4	system of independent legislative and executive branches (idiom)
91	两全其美	兩全其美	liǎng quán qí měi	liang3 quan2 qi2 mei3	to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too
92	两三日内	兩三日內	liǎng sān rì nèi	liang3 san1 ri4 nei4	within two or three days (idiom)
93	两生类	兩生類	liǎng shēng lèi	liang3 sheng1 lei4	class Amphibia; also written 两栖类
94	两世为人	兩世為人	liǎng shì wéi rén	liang3 shi4 wei2 ren2	to be lucky to have escaped death (idiom)
95	两手冰凉	兩手冰涼	liǎng shǒu bīng liáng	liang3 shou3 bing1 liang2	one's hands turned icy cold (idiom)
96	两手不沾阳春水	兩手不沾陽春水	liǎng shǒu bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ	liang3 shou3 bu4 zhan1 yang2 chun1 shui3	see 十指不沾阳春水
97	两手叉背	兩手叉背	liǎng shǒu chā bèi	liang3 shou3 cha1 bei4	with one's hands behind one's back (idiom)
98	两手交臂	兩手交臂	liǎng shǒu jiāo bì	liang3 shou3 jiao1 bi4	to fold one's arms (idiom)
99	两手空空	兩手空空	liǎng shǒu kōng kōng	liang3 shou3 kong1 kong1	empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
100	两手准备	兩手準備	liǎng shǒu zhǔn bèi	liang3 shou3 zhun3 bei4	to have two strings to one's bow; to prepare oneself for many eventualities (idiom)
101	两宋	兩宋	liǎng sòng	Liang3 Song4	the Song dynasty (960-1279); refers to the Northern (960-1127) and Southern Song (1128-1279)
102	两天	兩天	liǎng tiān	liang3 tian1	two days
103	两头落空	兩頭落空	liǎng tóu luò kōng	liang3 tou2 luo4 kong1	to fall between two stools; to pursue two and catch neither (idiom)
104	两头儿	兩頭兒	liǎng tóu r	liang3 tou2 r5	erhua variant of 两头
105	两头为难	兩頭為難	liǎng tóu wéi nán	liang3 tou2 wei2 nan2	to be in a dilemma (idiom)
106	两头在外	兩頭在外	liǎng tóu zài wài	liang3 tou2 zai4 wai4	the policy of importing raw and semi-finished materials from abroad (idiom)
107	两下子	兩下子	liǎng xià zi	liang3 xia4 zi5	a couple of times; to repeat the same; the same old trick; tricks of the trade
108	两相	兩相	liǎng xiāng	liang3 xiang1	both sides
109	两相抵消	兩相抵消	liǎng xiāng dǐ xiāo	liang3 xiang1 di3 xiao1	to mutually call it quits (idiom)
110	两厢情愿	兩廂情願	liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn	liang3 xiang1 qing2 yuan4	both sides are willing; by mutual consent; both sides are willing; by mutual consent
111	两相	兩相	liǎng xiàng	liang3 xiang4	two-phase (physics)
112	两小无猜	兩小無猜	liǎng xiǎo wú cāi	liang3 xiao3 wu2 cai1	innocent playmates
113	两星期	兩星期	liǎng xīng qī	liang3 xing1 qi1	fortnight
114	两性差距	兩性差距	liǎng xìng chā jù	liang3 xing4 cha1 ju4	disparity between the sexes
115	两性动物	兩性動物	liǎng xìng dòng wù	liang3 xing4 dong4 wu4	hermaphrodite creature
116	两性花	兩性花	liǎng xìng huā	liang3 xing4 hua1	hermaphrodite flower
117	两性离子	兩性離子	liǎng xìng lí zǐ	liang3 xing4 li2 zi3	(chemistry) zwitterion
118	两性平等	兩性平等	liǎng xìng píng děng	liang3 xing4 ping2 deng3	equality between the sexes
119	两性异形	兩性異形	liǎng xìng yì xíng	liang3 xing4 yi4 xing2	sexual dimorphism
120	两袖清风	兩袖清風	liǎng xiù qīng fēng	liang3 xiu4 qing1 feng1	lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands; uncorrupted; unsoiled by corrupt practices
121	两眼望穿	兩眼望穿	liǎng yǎn wàng chuān	liang3 yan3 wang4 chuan1	to wear out one's eyes watching for sb. (idiom)
122	两眼直盯	兩眼直盯	liǎng yǎn zhí dīng	liang3 yan3 zhi2 ding1	to fix one's eyes on (idiom)
123	两样东西	兩樣東西	liǎng yàng dōng xi	liang3 yang4 dong1 xi5	two distinct things
124	两伊战争	兩伊戰爭	liǎng yī zhàn zhēng	Liang3 Yi1 Zhan4 zheng1	Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
125	两仪	兩儀	liǎng yí	liang3 yi2	heaven and earth; yin and yang
126	两用	兩用	liǎng yòng	liang3 yong4	dual-use
127	两院	兩院	liǎng yuàn	liang3 yuan4	two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate
128	两院制	兩院制	liǎng yuàn zhì	liang3 yuan4 zhi4	bicameralism; bicameral legislative system
129	两造	兩造	liǎng zào	liang3 zao4	both parties (to a lawsuit); plaintiff and defendant
130	两着儿	兩著兒	liǎng zhāo r	liang3 zhao1 r5	the same old trick; illegal device
131	两口儿	兩口兒	liǎng kǒu r	liang3 kou3 r5	husband and wife; couple

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