俩
liǎTraditional: 倆
HSK 5
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Translation
two (people), both, the two of them
Stroke order
俩
Examples
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The two of us are good friends.
吵架。
The two of them had an argument.
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Where are you two going?
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The two of them grew up together from childhood.
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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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