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Definitions
- 1. two
- 2. 2
- 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid
Example Sentences
1 shown週 二 補貨買全聯。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 二
tremendous strength (idiom)
One has the right to choose the ruler one serves. (ancient proverb)
titanium dioxide
see 十二宮|十二宫[shí èr gōng]
World War Two
lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom)
second round (of match, or election)
The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[jiā yè mó téng] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[zhú fǎ lán] (Dharmaraksha)
the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
peerless
Alpha Centauri or Rigel Kentaurus
second order
second-hand goods
nitrous oxide N2O
stupid person
the 12 earthly branches 子[zǐ], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
second persecution
negotiable price
December
there cannot be another one like it
erguotou (sorghum liquor)
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
Second epistle of St John
16
32-bit (computing)
Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[zhāng róng] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[yě tiān é] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[máo zé dōng · xiān wéi rén zhī de gù shi]
dioxin
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
propylene glycol
second class cabin
index finger
second round (of a match or election)
both
butyl glycol
Erqi District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[zhèng zhōu shì], Henan
the second person
Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
second-hand smoke
Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
light-emitting diode
see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuāng bǎi fāng zhēn]
second officer (of ship)
sodium dimercaptosulfanate
Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia
perfectly clean
the second time
fixed
to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
dioxin
second-run movie
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera
to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
xylene
(slang) idiot
lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
who cares
those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
mistress
same as 米拉, Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti), variable star with period of 330 days
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
see 二話不說|二话不说[èr huà bù shuō]
binary code
photodiode
Erdaojiang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin
second-rate
one or two; a few
two sides
second tone in Mandarin
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[líng méng chū]
butadiene C4H6
secondly
(coll.) silly but cute husky (dog)
binary division (in bacterial reproduction)
the binomial theorem (math.)
(diving) regulator
second emperor of a dynasty
impoverished
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
scoundrel
auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family
the only (choice, way etc)
the Second (of numbered kings)
Erdao district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
sodium dichloroisocyanurate
manganese(iv) oxide
Beijing International Studies University (BISU)
name of a famous opera
duet (in music)
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)
dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
\mercenary expert\, a person who is supposedly an independent expert, but receives payment for making comments favorable to a particular entity
to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
three, set five remove two (abacus rule)
binary (math.)
to make a terrible scene (idiom)
(coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for the second time
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
methylene glycol
disulfide (chemistry)
Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
Erenhot City in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia
2nd day of the month
second part
brown oxidier
World War Two
world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple)
Antares, the brightest star in Scorpio 天蠍座|天蝎座[tiān xiē zuò]
to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
12-yard (sports)
to do two things at once (idiom)
blackjack (card game)
phthalate (chemistry)
binomial nomenclature (taxonomy)
one price for all
World War II
two-dimensional
second-year university student
disaccharide
(math.) binomial coefficient
quadratic curve
secondly, ...
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
Tuesday
laser diode
children of celebrities
children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s
twelve channels of TCM
erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
Tuesday
grade 2
It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911
the two equinoxes
second pregnancy
second degree
to know just a little; to have a rough idea
December
a double root of an equation
Erdao district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
February
dibutyl ether
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)
Erlangshen, Chinese deity
the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
hot-tempered
second job
cannabidiol (CBD)
dimer (chemistry)
中伏[zhōng fú]
over 20
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
secondary industry
objection
(soccer) one-two
diethylene glycol
see 二郎神[èr láng shén]
binary system (math.)
carbon disulfide
ethyl alcohol C2H5OH
dodecagon
second quarter (of financial year)
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
gradually
second-eldest child in a family
second
Altair (star)
traitor
two-dimensional barcode
double
second generation only child
(neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese \chūnibyō\)
lit. secondary foreigner
second branch of an extended family
Shanghai Second Medical University
sublandlord
mitral stenosis (physiology)
to eat and drink extravagantly
second-class citizen
Erlun or Erhlun township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[wú jiǎn rén]
twenty; 20
deputy leader
2nd year in junior middle school
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
second-hand car
second class
second child
one half
inexpert
dioxin
see 丈二和尚，摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚，摸不着头脑[zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo]
to withdraw to the second line of duty
one after another (idiom)
dioxin
sodium dimercaptosuccinate
di-n-propyl ether
photodiode
Qin Ershi (229-207 BC), second Qin emperor
one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time
indirectly acquired
2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera
icosahedron
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
reckoned to be first or second best (idiom)
diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller)
carbon sequestration
December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression
inside front cover
diploid (in cell biology)
disodium guanylate (E627)
one divides into two
two shift system (in schools)
either
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)
second (i.e. number two)
glycol
minim (music)
dualism
two-dimensional
wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics
to be very clear about sth (idiom)
duality
the 12 earthly branches 子[zǐ], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
sergeant
dichloramine
dichloroethane poisoning
exceedingly
dodecahedron
mitral valve (physiology)
Erdaojiang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin
idiot
21st century
Vanadium pentoxide V2O5
equal temperament
quadratic equation
second brother
Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
remarried lady (contemptuous term)
eight-to-two powder (TCM)
middleman
Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] and the Northern Warlords
next day
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
biceps femoris (anatomy)
second-hand house
mother and father
to call sth as it is (idiom)
to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
the twelve signs of the zodiac
Erlun or Erhlun township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
disloyalty
used goods
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)
least squares (math.)
twelve
backup regulator
diode
waiter
the massacre of 12th Mar 1927
duet
thoroughly (idiom)
(lit.) second spring
(slang) fool
PRC equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池[sān hào diàn chí]
February
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia
one leg over the other (legs crossed)
children of officials
quadratic polynomial
attendant
dimercaprol
secondary
in two minds about sth (idiom)
Deimos (moon of Mars), aka Mars II
dioxide
see 一推六二五[yī tuī liù èr wǔ]
12th April
isoprene
lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
silicon dioxide (SiO2)
carbon dioxide CO2
Erenhot City in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia
second tone
diphenylchloroarsine
20th century
disodium inosinate (E631)
Type 2 diabetes
sulfur dioxide SO2
dodecagon
aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)
quadratic function
square (i.e. x times x)
twelve channels of TCM
annoying muddle-headed person who gabbles unintelligibly
to cohabit with and financially support a mistress
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
to suffer second persecution
World War II
binary tree
in duplicate
the twenty-eight constellations
nitrogen dioxide
two items
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
duodenum
the thirty-two physical characteristics of Buddha
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century
Enceladus (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn II
dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
glycol
28-spotted ladybird
index finger
second best person
second-class carriage (of a train)
unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled
second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯|头汤[tóu tāng]
the one and only way
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[bái yáng], Taurus 金牛[jìn niú], Gemini 雙子|双子[shuāng zǐ], Cancer 巨蟹[jù xiè], Leo 獅子|狮子[shī zǐ], Virgo 室女[shì nu:3], Libra 天秤[tiān chèng], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[tiān xiē], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[rén mǎ], Capricorn 摩羯[mó jié], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[bǎo píng], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[shuāng yú]
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
kelocyanor
sublandlord
quadratic form (math.)
diphthong
Tuesday
double subscript
quadratic curve (geometry)
biennial (botany)
quadric surface (geometry)
biceps muscle
urination and defecation
the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists
(bird species of China) bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
regardless of the consequences
bicipital muscle
lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
Korean war (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
(organic chemistry, pharmacology) benzodiazepine
second place
second stage (diving)
lady who has given birth twice
2-in-1
Gigantoraptor erlianensis (a giant bird-like dinosaur found in Erlian in Inner Mongolia)
loafer
Erlitou (Xia dynasty 夏朝[xià cháo] archaeological site at Yanshi 偃師|偃师[yǎn shī] in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[luò yáng], Henan)
dichloromethane
one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice)