liǎ

Traditional: 倆

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Translation

two (people), both, the two of them

Stroke order

Stroke order for 俩

Examples

The two of us are good friends.

chǎojià

The two of them had an argument.

Where are you two going?

The two of them grew up together from childhood.

The two of us will go to a film tomorrow.

俩/倆 (liǎ) is a colloquial contraction of 两个 (liǎng ge, two of them) used specifically for people. It is informal and typically follows a pronoun to form a dual: 我俩 (we two), 你俩 (you two), 他俩 (those two). Unlike 两个 it cannot be used for objects and is not used in formal writing. In northern Mandarin speech it is very common as a concise way of referring to a pair of people.

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