两 liǎng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
两口子
liǎngkǒuzi
husband and wife; married couple
Characters in this word
口 kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 两口子在小城经营书店二十年，早已把读者当成了邻居。 Liǎngkǒuzi zài xiǎochéng jīngyíng shūdiàn èrshí nián, zǎo yǐ bǎ dúzhě dàngchéng le línjū. The married couple have run a bookshop in the small city for twenty years and have long treated their readers as neighbours.
- 隔壁两口子每天早上一起去公园散步。 Gébì liǎngkǒuzi měi tiān zǎoshang yìqǐ qù gōngyuán sànbù. The couple next door walk in the park together every morning.
- 他们两口子都爱吃辣，做饭从来不少放辣椒。 Tāmen liǎngkǒuzi dōu ài chī là, zuòfàn cónglái bù shǎo fàng làjiāo. Both husband and wife love spicy food and never go easy on the chilli when cooking.
Related words
- 两 liǎng two, both
- 两 liǎng a tael, about fifty grams
- 两边 liǎngbian both sides
- 两岸 liǎng'àn both banks
- 两极 liǎngjí two poles
- 两栖 liǎngqī amphibious; to live or work in two spheres
- 两手 liǎngshǒu both hands; two approaches; dual preparations
- 两下子 liǎngxiàzi real ability; a few tricks; some skill
- 两翼 liǎngyì both wings; two flanks; two supporting sides
- 一举两得 yìjǔliǎngdé to achieve two things at once
- 口 kǒu mouth; measure word for family members
- 路口 lùkǒu intersection, crossing