倆

See also: 俩

倆	U+5006, 倆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5006

← 倅
[U+5005]

CJK Unified Ideographs

倇 →
[U+5007]

Translingual

Han character

倆 (radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人一中月 (OMLB), four-corner 2122₇, composition ⿰亻兩)

References

KangXi: page 107, character 9

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 751

Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 19

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 172, character 6

Unihan data for U+5006

Chinese

trad.		倆
simp.		俩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兩) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
倆	*raŋʔ
兩	raŋʔ, raŋs
脼	*raŋʔ
緉	raŋʔ, raŋs
蜽	*raŋʔ
魎	*raŋʔ
輛	*raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raŋʔ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 兩 (OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs).

Etymology 1

Contraction of 兩個 (liǎngge, “two + classifier”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎ (lia³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵
Min Nan (POJ): lióng / liáng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄚˇ
  - Wade–Giles: lia³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lea
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯a̠²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵
  - Yale: léuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
  - Tâi-lô: lióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng
  - Tâi-lô: liáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liarng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³/

Definitions

倆

(colloquial) functioning as 兩 (“two”) + 個 (“classifier”): two; pair; couple; both
姐妹倆 / 姐妹俩 ― jiěmèiliǎ ― the two sisters
(colloquial, chiefly Mainland China) a few; some

Usage notes

倆／俩 is not followed by the classifier 個／个 (gè).

Related terms

仨 (sā)

Compounds

他倆／他俩
他們倆／他们俩 (tāmenliǎ)
你們倆／你们俩 (nǐmenliǎ)
倆心眼兒／俩心眼儿

倆錢兒／俩钱儿
公母倆／公母俩
哥倆好／哥俩好
哥兒倆／哥儿俩 (gērliǎ)

我倆／我俩
我們倆／我们俩 (wǒmenliǎ)
老哥兒倆／老哥儿俩

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎng (liang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵
Min Nan (POJ): lióng / liáng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ
  - Wade–Giles: liang³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leang
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵
  - Yale: léuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
  - Tâi-lô: lióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng
  - Tâi-lô: liáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liarng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³/

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*raŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倆
Reading #	1/1
No.	8053
Phonetic component	兩
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*raŋʔ/

Definitions

倆

Only used in 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng, “clever; skilled”).

Japanese

Kanji

倆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: ろう (rō)
Kan’on: りょう (ryō)
Kun: たくみ (takumi, 倆)

Compounds

伎倆, 技倆
力倆

Korean

Hanja

倆 • (ryang) (hangeul 량, revised ryang, McCune–Reischauer ryang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

倆 (lưỡng, lạng)

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