{"id":1051,"date":"2022-07-03T21:46:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T13:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2026-09-25T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:41:09","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_88 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 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href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/#1Quick_Rule\" >1Quick Rule<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/#2%E5%85%A9_liang%E4%B8%A4_liang_%E2%80%94_Quantity_Two\" >2\u5169 li\u01ceng\u4e24 li\u01ceng \u2014 Quantity Two<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/#3%E4%BA%8C_er%E4%BA%8C_er_%E2%80%94_Counting_and_Numbers\" >3\u4e8c \u00e8r\u4e8c \u00e8r \u2014 Counting and Numbers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/03\/twoinchinese\/#4In_Bigger_Numbers_Taiwan_vs_China\" >4In Bigger Numbers: Taiwan vs. China<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 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class=\"hero-sub\">Chinese has two words for &#8220;two&#8221;: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span>. They mean the same number, but they&#8217;re used in completely different ways.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<main>\n  <div class=\"lede-row\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lede-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/e585a9e4ba8c-1.png\" alt=\"Two in Chinese \u4e8c\/\u5169\">\n    <p class=\"lede\">In Chinese, both <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span> mean &#8220;two.&#8221; However, we use them in completely different ways. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span> is placed in front of measure words to express a quantity, whereas <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span> is used when counting numbers.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1Quick_Rule\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">1<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Quick Rule<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\">The best way to remember: use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span> as &#8220;quantity two&#8221; \u2014 and besides that, just use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span>.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"table-wrap\"><table class=\"compare-table\"><tbody><tr><th>Word<\/th><th>Used For<\/th><th>Examples<\/th><\/tr><tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><\/td><td>Counting and reading numbers, digits inside numbers, ordinals (&#8220;second&#8221;), dates, minutes, floors<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u4e8c\u4e09 y\u012b \u00e8r s\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u4e8c\u4e09 y\u012b \u00e8r s\u0101n<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5341\u4e8c sh\u00ed \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5341\u4e8c sh\u00ed \u00e8r<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u4e8c d\u00ec \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e8c d\u00ec \u00e8r<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u6708 \u00e8r yu\u00e8<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u6708 \u00e8r yu\u00e8<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u6a13 \u00e8r l\u00f3u<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u697c \u00e8r l\u00f3u<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span><\/td><td>A quantity of two \u2014 in front of a measure word, or in front of big units<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u500b\u4eba li\u01ceng ge r\u00e9n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e2a\u4eba li\u01ceng ge r\u00e9n<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u9ede li\u01ceng di\u01cen<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u70b9 li\u01ceng di\u01cen<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u5343 li\u01ceng qi\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u5343 li\u01ceng qi\u0101n<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u842c li\u01ceng w\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e07 li\u01ceng w\u00e0n<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2%E5%85%A9_liang%E4%B8%A4_liang_%E2%80%94_Quantity_Two\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">2<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span> \u2014 Quantity Two<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span> is placed in front of <a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/07\/chinese-measure-words\/\">measure words<\/a> to express a quantity of two. Structure: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span> + Measure Word + Noun.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><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\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/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\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">two people<\/div><div class=\"note\">Quantity 2 + measure word + people<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/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\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u672c<\/span><rt>b\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e66<\/span><rt>sh\u016b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">two books<\/div><div class=\"note\">Quantity 2 + measure word + books<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/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\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f20<\/span><rt>zh\u0101ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7eb8<\/span><rt>zh\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">two sheets of paper<\/div><div class=\"note\">Quantity 2 + measure word + paper<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">two years old<\/div><div class=\"note\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6b72 su\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c81 su\u00ec<\/span> works like a measure word, so it takes <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span>.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3%E4%BA%8C_er%E4%BA%8C_er_%E2%80%94_Counting_and_Numbers\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">3<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span> \u2014 Counting and Numbers<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span> is the numeral itself. Use it when you&#8217;re simply counting, naming a number, or when &#8220;2&#8221; is only one digit inside a longer number.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3001<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3001<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3001<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56db<\/span><rt>s\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3001<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3001<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u3001<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u56db<\/span><rt>s\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">one, two, three, four<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u865f<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f7<\/span><rt>h\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">number 2<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/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\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/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\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">two-thirds<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">12 years old<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout point\"><div class=\"callout-label\">Watch Out<\/div><p>Don&#8217;t use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span> in <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5341\u4e8c\u6b72 sh\u00ed \u00e8r su\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5341\u4e8c\u5c81 sh\u00ed \u00e8r su\u00ec<\/span>. Here &#8220;2&#8221; is just the last digit of twelve \u2014 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5341\u5169\u6b72 sh\u00ed li\u01ceng su\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5341\u4e24\u5c81 sh\u00ed li\u01ceng su\u00ec<\/span> would mean something like &#8220;ten-two years,&#8221; which isn&#8217;t a number at all.<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4In_Bigger_Numbers_Taiwan_vs_China\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">4<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">In Bigger Numbers: Taiwan vs. China<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\">When &#8220;2&#8221; appears in front of <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u767e b\u01cei<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u767e b\u01cei<\/span>, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5343 qi\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5343 qi\u0101n<\/span>, or <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u842c w\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e07 w\u00e0n<\/span>, usage differs a little between Taiwan and mainland China:<\/p>\n  <div class=\"table-wrap\"><table class=\"compare-table\"><tbody><tr><th><\/th><th>China<\/th><th>Taiwan<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u5341 \u00e8rsh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u5341 \u00e8rsh\u00ed<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u5341 \u00e8rsh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u5341 \u00e8rsh\u00ed<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>200<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u767e li\u01ceng b\u01cei<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u767e li\u01ceng b\u01cei<\/span> or <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u767e \u00e8r b\u01cei<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u767e \u00e8r b\u01cei<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u767e li\u01ceng b\u01cei<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u767e li\u01ceng b\u01cei<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2,000<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u5343 li\u01ceng qi\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u5343 li\u01ceng qi\u0101n<\/span> or <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u5343 \u00e8r qi\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u5343 \u00e8r qi\u0101n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u5343 li\u01ceng qi\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u5343 li\u01ceng qi\u0101n<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20,000<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u842c li\u01ceng w\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e07 li\u01ceng w\u00e0n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u842c li\u01ceng w\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e07 li\u01ceng w\u00e0n<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22,222<\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u842c\u4e8c\u5343\u4e8c\u767e\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c li\u01cengw\u00e0n \u00e8rqi\u0101n \u00e8rb\u01cei \u00e8rsh\u00ed \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e07\u4e8c\u5343\u4e8c\u767e\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c li\u01cengw\u00e0n \u00e8rqi\u0101n \u00e8rb\u01cei \u00e8rsh\u00ed \u00e8r<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u842c\u5169\u5343\u5169\u767e\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c li\u01cengw\u00e0n li\u01cengqi\u0101n li\u01cengb\u01cei \u00e8rsh\u00ed \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e07\u4e24\u5343\u4e24\u767e\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c li\u01cengw\u00e0n li\u01cengqi\u0101n li\u01cengb\u01cei \u00e8rsh\u00ed \u00e8r<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout point\"><div class=\"callout-label\">Note<\/div><p>In Chinese, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u842c w\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e07 w\u00e0n<\/span> (10,000) works like a measure word, similar to how &#8220;thousand&#8221; and &#8220;hundred&#8221; work in English. That&#8217;s why 20,000 is quantity 2 + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u842c w\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e07 w\u00e0n<\/span>: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u842c li\u01ceng w\u00e0n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e07 li\u01ceng w\u00e0n<\/span>. The same idea applies to <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5343 qi\u0101n<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5343 qi\u0101n<\/span> and <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u767e b\u01cei<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u767e b\u01cei<\/span>.<\/p><p>I&#8217;m not sure why mainland China also uses <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u767e \u00e8r b\u01cei<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u767e \u00e8r b\u01cei<\/span> for 200 \u2014 if you know the reason, please share it in the comments!<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5Telling_the_Time\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">5<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Telling the Time<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\">For the hour, you&#8217;re counting &#8220;two o&#8217;clock&#8221; as a quantity, so use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span>. For the minutes, 2 is just a digit, so use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span>.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><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><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">2:00<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed&#8217;\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&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">12:00<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><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\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><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><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">2:02<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/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><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5206<\/span><rt>f\u0113n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">2:22<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6Use_%E4%BA%8C_er%E4%BA%8C_er_to_Express_%E2%80%9CSecond%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">6<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span> to Express &#8220;Second&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\">Ordinal numbers always use <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span>, never <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span>.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">the second<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\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&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">the second one<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\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&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">the second time<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\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&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929<\/span><rt>ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">the second day; the next day<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><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><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">the second floor<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7%E4%BA%8C%E6%9C%88_er_yue%E4%BA%8C%E6%9C%88_er_yue_vs_%E5%85%A9%E5%80%8B%E6%9C%88_liang_ge_yue%E4%B8%A4%E4%B8%AA%E6%9C%88_liang_ge_yue\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">7<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u6708 \u00e8r yu\u00e8<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u6708 \u00e8r yu\u00e8<\/span> vs. <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169\u500b\u6708 li\u01ceng ge yu\u00e8<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24\u4e2a\u6708 li\u01ceng ge yu\u00e8<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\">One small word makes a big difference here:<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><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><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">February<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ex\">\n    <div class=\"hanzi\"><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><\/div>\n    <div class=\"en\">two months<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"callout fyi\"><div class=\"callout-label\">Cultural Note: <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u767e\u4e94 \u00e8r b\u01cei w\u01d4<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u767e\u4e94 \u00e8r b\u01cei w\u01d4<\/span><\/div><p>Two can mean &#8220;double,&#8221; &#8220;a pair,&#8221; and &#8220;again.&#8221; It&#8217;s an auspicious number in Chinese culture, because people believe good things come in pairs. However, <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span> has an interesting use in different Chinese dialects, and it&#8217;s mostly negative: it&#8217;s used as an adjective to ironically describe someone who is arrogant or thoughtless. So when someone calls you <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u767e\u4e94 \u00e8r b\u01cei w\u01d4<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u767e\u4e94 \u00e8r b\u01cei w\u01d4<\/span> (an idiot) or <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c\u6123\u5b50 \u00e8r l\u00e8ngzi<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c\u6123\u5b50 \u00e8r l\u00e8ngzi<\/span> (a stupid person), it&#8217;s not a compliment!<\/p><\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8Common_Mistakes\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">8<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Common Mistakes<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><span class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><\/ruby><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><span class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6709<\/span><rt>y\u01d2u<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u54e5\u54e5<\/span><rt>g\u0113ge<\/rt><\/ruby><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">Before a measure word, &#8220;two&#8221; is a quantity \u2014 always <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span>.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><span class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><span class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e8c<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">In 12, 22, 32\u2026 the &#8220;2&#8221; is only the last digit, so it stays <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span>.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mistake-block\">\n    <div class=\"row wrong-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u274c<\/span><span class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929<\/span><rt>ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929<\/span><rt>ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row right-row\"><span class=\"mark\">\u2705<\/span><span class=\"hanzi\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929<\/span><rt>ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7b2c\u4e8c<\/span><rt>d\u00ec&#8217;\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5929<\/span><rt>ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"why\">&#8220;Second&#8221; is an ordinal number, so it&#8217;s always <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7b2c\u4e8c d\u00ec \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7b2c\u4e8c d\u00ec \u00e8r<\/span>.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9Practice\"><\/span><span class=\"num\">9<\/span><span class=\"h2-title\">Practice<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <p class=\"intro\">Decide whether each sentence needs <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e8c \u00e8r<\/span> or <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5169 li\u01ceng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e24 li\u01ceng<\/span>, then tap to check.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">01<\/span>I live on the second floor.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f4f<\/span><rt>zh\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><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\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f4f<\/span><rt>zh\u00f9<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c<\/span><rt>\u00e8r<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u697c<\/span><rt>l\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">02<\/span>My birthday is in February.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u65e5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngr\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c\u6708<\/span><rt>\u00e8ryu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u65e5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngr\u00ec<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c\u6708<\/span><rt>\u00e8ryu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">03<\/span>My little brother is two years old.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f1f\u5f1f<\/span><rt>d\u00ecdi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f1f\u5f1f<\/span><rt>d\u00ecdi<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"hint\">\ud83d\udc46 Tap to reveal<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"practice\">\n    <div class=\"prompt\"><span class=\"num\">04<\/span>Let&#8217;s meet at two o&#8217;clock.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"answer\"><div class=\"reason\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u5011<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u898b<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211\u4eec<\/span><rt>w\u01d2men<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><span 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