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俩 (liǎ): meaning and stroke order

俩 (liǎ) means two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个), both, some, used in 伎俩.

俩

Simplified
俩
Traditional
倆
Pinyin
liǎ · liǎng

Stroke order of 俩

俩

  • liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个); both
  • liǎng used in 伎倆|伎俩[ji4 liang3]
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 倆

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 俩

  1. liǎ Traditional 倆
    • two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个)
    • both
    • some
  2. liǎng Traditional 倆
    • used in 伎倆|伎俩[ji4 liang3]

Radical and structure

俩
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 9 strokes · 亻 on the left, 两 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

俩 in our stories

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  • 一路上,她看见井里的倒影、河上的鸳鸯,就一次又一次地暗示:“你看,我们俩像不像一对夫妻?”

    yílù shàng tā kànjiàn jǐng lǐ de dàoyǐng hé shàng de yuānyang jiù yí cì yòu yí cì de ànshì nǐ kàn wǒmen liǎ xiàng bú xiàng yí duì fūqī

    All the way, seeing their reflections in a well and mandarin ducks on the river, she hinted again and again: "Look, don't we two look like a married couple?"

    From the story The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 俩

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).