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二

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HSK 1 Character

What 二 means

1. two
2. 2
3. (Beijing dialect) stupid

Example sentences

• 你二了。
  You're stupid.
• 二选一。
  Choose one of the two.
• 一石二鸟。
  Yīshí'èrniǎo.
  Kill two birds with one stone.
• 第二个吧。
  I'd say the second one.
• 她十二岁。
  She's 12 years old.
• 第二课容易。
  Lesson Two is easy.

Words starting with 二

• 二十èr shítwenty; 20
• 二氧化碳èr yǎng huà tàncarbon dioxide CO2
• 二手èr shǒuindirectly acquired; second-hand (information, equipment etc); assistant
• 二级èr jígrade 2; second class; category B
• 二战Èr zhànWorld War II
• 二哥èr gēsecond brother
• 二者èr zhěboth; both of them; neither
• 二月Èr yuèFebruary; second month (of the lunar year)
• 二来èr láisecondly, ...
• 二胡èr húerhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle); alto fiddle
• 二老èr lǎomother and father; parents
• 二话不说èr huà bù shuō(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
• 二锅头èr guō tóuerguotou (sorghum liquor)
• 二手车èr shǒu chēsecond-hand car
• 二人转èr rén zhuàngenre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
• 二八èr bā16; sixteen
• 二流èr liúsecond-rate; second-tier
• 二次大战Èr cì Dà zhànWorld War Two
• 二审èr shěn(law) second instance; second trial
• 二郎腿èr láng tuǐone leg over the other (legs crossed)
• 二黄èr huángone of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; Peking opera; also written 二簧
• 二氧化硫èr yǎng huà liúsulfur dioxide SO2
• 二百五èr bǎi wǔidiot; stupid person; a dope
• 二维èr wéitwo-dimensional

Words containing 二

• 第二dì èrsecond; number two; next
• 十二shí èrtwelve; 12
• 星期二Xīng qī èrTuesday
• 老二lǎo èrsecond-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis
• 一二yī èrone or two; a few; a little; just a bit
• 初二chū èrsecond year in junior middle school; second day of a lunar month
• 其二qí èrsecondly; the other (usu. of two); the second
• 独一无二dú yī wú èr(idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled
• 十二月Shí èr yuèDecember; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
• 周二Zhōu èrTuesday
• 一清二楚yī qīng èr chǔto be very clear about sth (idiom)
• 一干二净yī gān èr jìngthoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all
• 接二连三jiē èr lián sān(idiom) one after another; in quick succession
• 一分为二yī fēn wéi èrone divides into two; to be two-sided; there are two sides to everything
• 数一数二shǔ yī shǔ èr(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best…
• 三七二十一sān qī èr shí yīthree sevens are twenty-one (idiom); the facts of the matter; the actual situation
• 一来二去yī lái èr qùgradually; little by little; in the course of time
• 三下五除二sān xià wǔ chú èrthree, set five remove two (abacus rule); efficiently; quickly and easily
• 九牛二虎之力jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lìtremendous strength (idiom)
• 不二bù èrthe only (choice, way etc); undivided (loyalty)
• 幺二yāo èrone-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice); a prostitute
• 唯二wéi èr(slang) (adjective) (of one thing) one of the only two; (of two things) the only two
• 大二dà èrsecond year of university
• 封二fēng èrinside front cover

Sounds the same

Read èr, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贰two (banker's anti-fraud numeral); to betray
• 佴assistant
• 咡space between mouth and ears
• 〢numeral 2 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子
• 刵cutting off the ears as punishment
• 弍archaic variant of 贰, banker's anti-fraud numeral two
• 樲acid variety of jujube plum
• 衈the blood of a sacrificial fowl which was sprinkled on doors and vessels