(èr) - two, second in Mandarin
èrTraditional: 二
Translation
two, second
Word origin
A simple indicative character: two horizontal strokes standing for the number two, parallel to 一 (one) and 三 (three).
- Origin
- ideograph
- Root
- two horizontal strokes (counting symbol)
Stroke order
二
Examples
苹。
I have two apples.
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He lives on the second floor.
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This is the second time.
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One plus one equals two.
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He is ranked in second place.
二 (èr) means two, second. It is used as a numeral in everyday Mandarin speech.
Where this fits
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 二.
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Grammar articles
(9)Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
Approximation and Rounding in Mandarin: 左右, 大概, 差不多, 几 and 来 for About, Around and Roughly
Chinese Measure Words (Mandarin Classifiers): The Core Dozen, Which One Your Noun Takes, and the Safe Default
The Mandarin Copula 是 (shì): To Be, and When to Leave It Out
Asking How + Adjective in Mandarin with 多: 多高, 多远, 多长, 多大
Mandarin Numbers, Time, Dates, and Currency: From 1 to 1,000,000, the 二/两 Split, and Time-Before-Verb
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
The Mandarin 者 (zhě) Suffix: 作者, 读者, 前者, and Naming the One Who Does It
Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 之后, 之中, 总之 and the Written Ancestor of 的
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