二 (èr)
Two.
How 二 is written
- Strokes
- 2
- Traditional
- 二
- Simplified
- 二 (unchanged)
Common words using 二
- 十二 shíèr
- twelve; 12
- 第二 dìèr
- second; number two; next
- 一石二鳥 yīshíèrniǎo
- to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
- 二十 èrshí
- twenty; 20
- 二十多 èrshíduō
- over 20
- 二哥 èrgē
- second brother
- 二奶 èrnǎi
- mistress; second wife; lover
- 二手 èrshǒu
- indirectly acquired; second-hand (information, equipment etc); assistant
- 二手房 èrshǒufáng
- second-hand house; house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
- 二月 èryuè
- February; second month (of the lunar year)
- 二百五 èrbǎiwǔ
- idiot; stupid person; a dope
- 二胡 èrhú
- erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle); alto fiddle; CL:把[ba3]
二 in a sentence
星期二我有中文課。
Xīngqí'èr wǒ yǒu Zhōngwén kè.
“I have Chinese class on Tuesday.”
How common is 二?
二 is the 157th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 50.7% of all running text.
Characters that appear with 二
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