{"id":1051,"date":"2022-07-03T21:46:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T13:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2023-05-18T10:29:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T02:29:29","slug":"twoinchinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Two in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/#The_difference_between_%E4%BA%8C_er_and_%E5%85%A9%E4%B8%A4_liang\" >The difference between \u4e8c \u00e8r and \u5169\/\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/#When_Counting_Numbers\" >When Counting Numbers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/#When_Telling_the_Time\" >When Telling the Time:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/#Use_%E4%BA%8C_er_to_Express_%E2%80%9CSecond%E2%80%9D\" >Use \u4e8c \u00e8r&nbsp;to Express \u201cSecond\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/#%E4%BA%8C%E6%9C%88_vs_%E5%85%A9%E5%80%8B%E6%9C%88%E4%B8%A4%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%88\" >\u4e8c\u6708 vs&nbsp;\u5169\u500b\u6708\/\u4e24\u4e2a\u6708<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_difference_between_%E4%BA%8C_er_and_%E5%85%A9%E4%B8%A4_liang\"><\/span><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ee9453\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The difference between \u4e8c \u00e8r and \u5169\/\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/mark><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Chinese, both \u4e8c \u00e8r and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24<\/span> li\u01ceng mean &#8220;two.&#8221; However, we use them in completely different ways. When using <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24<\/span> li\u01ceng, it is placed in front of <a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/07\/chinese-measure-words\/\">measure words<\/a> to express quantity, whereas \u4e8c \u00e8r is only used when counting numbers. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The best way to remember is to use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24<\/span> li\u01ceng as &#8220;quantity two,&#8221; and besides that, just use \u4e8c \u00e8r.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003Two people <br>(Quantity 2 + measure word + people)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u672c<\/span><rt>b\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u66f8<\/span><rt>sh\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u672c<\/span><rt>b\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e66<\/span><rt>sh\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003Two books <br>(Quantity 2 + measure word + books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f35<\/span><rt>zh\u0101ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7d19<\/span><rt>zh\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f20<\/span><rt>zh\u0101ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7eb8<\/span><rt>zh\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003Two papers <br>(Quantity 2 + measure word + papers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u865f<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f7<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003The number 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">3<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e4b<\/span><rt>zh\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">3<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e4b<\/span><rt>zh\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003Two-thirds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">1<\/span><rt>y\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">,<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">,<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">3<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">,<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">4<\/span><rt>s\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">1<\/span><rt>y\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">,<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">,<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">3<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">,<\/span><rt> <\/rt><span class=\"rb\">4<\/span><rt>s\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003One, two, three, four<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby>\u20032 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">1<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">1<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">2<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby>\u200312 years old<br>Do not use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24<\/span> li\u01ceng here because it actually means &#8220;quantity twelve.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Counting_Numbers\"><\/span>When Counting Numbers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fcb90021\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>China<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Taiwan<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>\u4e8c \u00e8r &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u4e8c\u5341 \u00e8rsh\u00ed&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u4e8c\u5341 \u00e8rsh\u00ed&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>200<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24<\/span>\u767e li\u01ceng b\u01cei&nbsp;or \u4e8c\u767e \u00e8r b\u01cei <\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24<\/span>\u767e li\u01ceng b\u01cei&nbsp; <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2000&nbsp;<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24<\/span>\u5343 li\u01ceng qi\u0101n or \u4e8c\u5343 \u00e8r qi\u0101n<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24<\/span>\u5343 li\u01ceng qi\u0101n&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20000<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u842c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e07<\/span> li\u01ceng w\u00e0n&nbsp;<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u842c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e07<\/span> li\u01ceng w\u00e0n&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22222<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u842c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e07<\/span>\u4e8c\u5343\u4e8c\u767e\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c <br>li\u01cengw\u00e0n \u00e8rqi\u0101n \u00e8rb\u01cei \u00e8rsh\u00ed \u00e8r<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u842c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e07<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24<\/span>\u5343<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24<\/span>\u767e\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c<br>li\u01cengw\u00e0n&nbsp;li\u01cengqi\u0101n&nbsp;li\u01cengb\u01cei \u00e8rsh\u00ed \u00e8r<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> <\/mark>In Chinese, 10,000 is considered a measure word, similar to how &#8220;thousand&#8221; and &#8220;hundred&#8221; are also measure words in English. Therefore, 20,000 is expressed as quantity 2 + measure word w\u00e0n. The same idea applies to &#8220;thousand&#8221; and &#8220;hundred.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not sure why China use &#8220;\u00e8rb\u01cei&#8221; instead of &#8220;li\u01cengb\u01cei&#8221; for 200, but if you know the reason, please share it in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Telling_the_Time\"><\/span><strong>When Telling the Time:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby>\u30002:00 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby>\u300012:00&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96f6<\/span><rt>l\u00edng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96f6<\/span><rt>l\u00edng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><\/ruby>\u300000:<strong>02<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><\/ruby>\u300000:<strong>22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Use_%E4%BA%8C_er_to_Express_%E2%80%9CSecond%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><strong>Use \u4e8c \u00e8r&nbsp;to Express \u201cSecond\u201d<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec\u00e8r<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec\u00e8r<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003The second<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003The second one<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003The second time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929<\/span><rt>ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929<\/span><rt>ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003The second day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6a13<\/span><rt>l\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u697c<\/span><rt>l\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby>\u2003The second floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\u4e8c\u6708-vs-\u4e24\u4e2a\u6708\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E4%BA%8C%E6%9C%88_vs_%E5%85%A9%E5%80%8B%E6%9C%88%E4%B8%A4%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%88\"><\/span><strong>\u4e8c\u6708 vs&nbsp;\u5169\u500b\u6708\/\u4e24\u4e2a\u6708<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby> is\u2003February<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby> means\u2003&#8221;two months&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fcb90014;font-size:15px\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#eaa573\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>FYI<\/strong><\/mark><br>Two can mean \u2018double\u2019, \u2018twinned\u2019 and \u2018again\u2019. It is an auspicious number in Chinese culture because Chinese people believe that \u2018good things come in pairs.\u2019 However, the number \u2018two\u2019 has an interesting use in different Chinese dialects, but it is mostly negative. \u4e8c \u00e8r is used as an adjective to ironically describe those who are arrogant or thoughtless. 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