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双

shuāng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 雙

What 双 means

1. two
2. double
3. pair
4. both
5. even (number)

Other readings

双 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shuāngsurname Shuang
• shuāngvariant of {双|shuāng}

Example sentences

• 一箭双雕。
  Kill two birds with one stone.
• 她双眼紧闭。
  Tā shuāngyǎn jǐnbì.
  She kept her eyes closed.
• 她双手冰冷。
  Her hands were as cold as ice.
• 我有一双鞋。
  I have a pair of shoes.
• 用双手拿着它。
  Yòng shuāngshǒu ná zhe tā.
  Hold it with both hands.
• 您有双人房吗？
  Nín yǒu shuāngrénfáng ma?
  Do you have a double room?

Words starting with 双

• 双方shuāng fāngbilateral; both sides; both parties involved
• 双胞胎shuāng bāo tāitwin
• 双手shuāng shǒuboth hands
• 双眼shuāng yǎnthe two eyes
• 双腿shuāng tuǐlegs; both legs; two legs
• 双重shuāng chóngdouble
• 双脚shuāng jiǎotwo legs; both feet
• 双臂shuāng bìarms; both arms; two arms
• 双语shuāng yǔbilingual
• 双双shuāng shuāngboth; together…
• 双人shuāng réntwo-person; double; pair
• 双边shuāng biānbilateral
• 双子Shuāng zǐGemini (star sign)
• 双重国籍shuāng chóng guó jídual citizenship
• 双向shuāng xiàngbidirectional; two-way; interactive
• 双层shuāng céngdouble tier; double decker
• 双休日shuāng xiū rìtwo-day weekend
• 双鱼Shuāng yúPisces (star sign)
• 双亲shuāng qīnboth parents
• 双眸shuāng móuone's pair of eyes
• 双打shuāng dǎdoubles (in sports)
• 双核shuāng hédual core (computing)
• 双面shuāng miàndouble-sided; two-faced; double-edged
• 双膝shuāng xīboth knees

Words containing 双

• 无双wú shuāngincomparable; matchless; unique
• 女双nǚ shuāngwomen's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc)
• 成双成对chéng shuāng chéng duìto form pairs; to be in couples
• 举世无双jǔ shì wú shuāngunrivaled (idiom); world number one; unique; unequaled
• 男双nán shuāngmen's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc)
• 儿女双全ér nǚ shuāng quánto have both a son and a daughter
• 名利双收míng lì shuāng shōuboth fame and fortune (idiom); both virtue and reward
• 文武双全wén wǔ shuāng quánwell versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier…
• 当世无双dāng shì wú shuāngunequalled in his time
• 福无双至fú wú shuāng zhì(idiom) blessings never come in pairs
• 父母双亡fù mǔ shuāng wángto have lost both one's parents
• 单叶双曲面dān yè shuāng qū miànhyperboloid of one sheet (math.)
• 养老金双轨制yǎng lǎo jīn shuāng guǐ zhì(mainland) dual-track pension system…
• 连体双胞胎lián tǐ shuāng bāo tāiconjoined twins; Siamese twins
• 才貌双全cái mào shuāng quántalented and good-looking (idiom)
• 比翼双飞bǐ yì shuāng fēilit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom); fig. two hearts beating as one…
• 肺炎双球菌fèi yán shuāng qiú jūnDiplococcus pneumoniae
• 同卵双胞胎tóng luǎn shuāng bāo tāiidentical twins
• 异卵双胞胎yì luǎn shuāng bāo tāifraternal twins
• 德艺双馨dé yì shuāng xīn(idiom) possessing both integrity and artistic skills
• 唱双簧chàng shuāng huánglit. to sing a duet; fig. to collaborate with sb; also used satirically: to play second…
• 西双版纳粗榧xī shuāng bǎn nà cū fěiCephalotaxus mannii (botany)
• 一箭双雕yī jiàn shuāng diāolit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom); to kill two birds with one stone
• 一语双关yī yǔ shuāng guānto make a pun; to have a double meaning; double entendre

Characters that look like 双

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新; former
• 奴núslave
• 劝quànto advise; to urge; to try to persuade
• 皿mǐn(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container; radical no. 108

Sounds the same

Read shuāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 霜frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting
• 孀(bound form) widow
• 骦used in 骕骦
• 鹴used in 鹔鹴
• 艭boat
• 礵arsenic
• 泷Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水)
• 鷞variant of 鹴