倆

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

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 107, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 751
• Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 172, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5006

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

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

倆

1. (colloquial) functioning as 兩 (“two”) + an implied classifier: two; pair; couple; both

   倆魚／俩鱼  ―  liǎ yú  ―  two fish

   姐妹倆／姐妹俩  ―  jiěmèi liǎ  ―  the two sisters

   • 我問他那個事情、你告訴人家沒有、他前仰兒後合的、直瞪着倆眼睛、一聲兒不言語。 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     我问他那个事情、你告诉人家没有、他前仰儿后合的、直瞪着俩眼睛、一声儿不言语。 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 1886, Thomas Francis Wade and Walter Caine Hillier, 《語言自邇集》, The Hundred Lessons, lesson XLIV

     Wǒ wèn tā nèige shìqing, nǐ gàosu rénjia méiyǒu, tā qiányǎngrhòuhé de, zhí dèngzhe liǎ yǎnjing, yī shēngr bù yányu. [Pinyin]

     I asked him if he had given the orders I desired, and he stared straight at me [with both eyes], heeling and lurching to and fro, without answering a word.

2. (colloquial, chiefly Mainland China) a few; some

   有那麼倆臭子兒還真以為有多了不起啊？ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   有那么俩臭子儿还真以为有多了不起啊？ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Yǒu nènme liǎ chòu zǐr hái zhēn yǐwéi yǒu duó liǎobùqǐ a? [Pinyin]

   They've only got a bit of money and they really think they're somebody?

倆／俩 is not followed by any classifier.

• 仨 (sā)

倆

1. Only used in 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: たくみ (takumi, 倆)

• 伎倆, 技倆
• 力倆

倆 (eum 량 (ryang))

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倆: Hán Nôm readings: lưỡng, lạng

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