二
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two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
Formation & memory
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How 二 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)
Components 一 ×2
How to remember it
two · Heisig RSH #2
一 one
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 二
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二分之一 | one half | |
| 不二法门 | the one and only way; the only proper course to take | |
| 二道区 | Erdao, a district of Changchun City 長春市|长春市[Chang2 chun1 Shi4], Jilin | |
| 不二 | the only (choice, way etc); undivided (loyalty) | |
| 数一数二 | (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best; (idiom) to list one by o… | |
| 大二 | second year of university | |
| 二地主 | sublandlord; tenant who sublets | |
| 一二 | one or two; a few; a little; just a bit | |
| 二合一 | 2-in-1; two-in-one | |
| 一心二用 | to do two things at once (idiom); to multitask; to divide one's attention | |
| 二里头 | Erlitou (Xia dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 chao2] archaeological site at Yanshi 偃師|偃师[Yan3 shi1] in Luoy… | |
| 心无二用 | one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time | |
| 二心 | disloyalty; half-heartedness; duplicity | |
| 小二 | waiter | |
| 二手车 | second-hand car | |
| 中二病 | (neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword … | |
| 二流子 | loafer; idler; bum | |
| 二道江区 | Erdaojiang, a district of Tonghua City 通化市[Tong1 hua4 Shi4], Jilin | |
| 一清二白 | perfectly clean; blameless; unimpeachable (idiom) | |
| 三心二意 | in two minds about sth (idiom); half-hearted; shilly-shallying |