二
Meanings
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- 1.two
- 2.2
- 3.(Beijing dialect) stupid
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Wiktionary
- 1.two
- 2.second
- 3.secondary, vice-
- 4.again, once more
- 5.two-fold, double
- 6.fold, times
- 7.different; other, else
- 8.An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.
- 9.stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)
- 10.to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject)
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Etymology
Ideogram (指事) - two parallel strokes. Compare with 一, one stroke meaning one, 三, three strokes meaning three, and 亖 (sǐ), four strokes meaning four. Duplication of 一 (“one”). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-ni-s. Cognate to Tibetan གཉིས (gnyis), Sikkimese ཉི (nyi), Tangut 𗍫 (*njɨ̱¹), Burmese နှစ် (hnac), and Nuosu ꑍ (nyip). See also: 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis, “second; next”), a cognate within Chinese languages.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
你二了。
You're stupid.
二選一。
Choose one of the two.
六除以二得三。
Six divided by two equals three.
六除以二得三。
Six divided by two is three.
一加二等于三。
One plus two equals three.
一心不可二用。
You can't do two things at once.
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Derived terms
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