Saturday, 19 November 2011

Differences between two and two



🙌兩(liǎng)and 二(èr)both means number TWO in English. This is how you use them....


兩(liǎng)

小時 liǎng xiǎoshí  (two hours)
👉小時-後-見 (Let's meet two hours later)
liǎng xiǎoshí -hòu- jiàn
two hours-later-meet


下子  liǎng xià zǐ  (two down son/ A slang.  A man who has the ability to do something)
👉你-真有-下子 (You do have got something to show)
nǐ -zhēnyǒu- liǎngxiàzzī
you-really have-two down son


三三兩兩 sānsān-liǎngliǎng (three three two two/ groups of people in pairs and in threes,meaning not too crowded)
👉人群-三三兩兩-離開了(People left in pairs and in threes)
rénqún-sānsānliǎngliǎng-líkāilē
People threethreetwotwo-left.


二(èr)
個 dìèr (the second one. When use the serial number, the format is  dì___gè )
👉你是-第
nǐshì-dìèrgè 
You are the second one.


shíèr (ten-two/ twelve)
👉 -個-人
shíèr-gē-rén
twelve-measure word-people


一心用 yī xīn èr yòng  (one heart two use/ do different things at the same time.)
👉開車-不能-一心用 
kāichē- bùnéng -yīxīnèryòng 
driving-cannot-one heart two use



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