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二 èr two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
Results beginning with 二
二手 èr shǒu indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant
二十 èr shí twenty / 20
二级 èr jí grade 2 / second class / category B
二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
二月 Er4 yuè February / second month (of the lunar year)
二者 èr zhě both / both of them / neither
二战 Er4 zhàn World War II
二百 èr bǎi two hundred / 200
二哥 èr gē second brother
二号 èr hào 2nd day of the month
二话 èr huà objection / differing opinion
二来 èr lái secondly, ...
二代 èr dài second generation
二奶 èr nǎi mistress / second wife / lover
二度 èr dù again / twice / (music) second (i.e. an interval between adjacent notes)
二分 èr fēn second part / the equinox
二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
二胡 èr hú erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle) / alto fiddle / CL:把[ba3]
二元 èr yuán duality / dual / bipolar / binary
二维 èr wéi two-dimensional
二等 èr děng second class / second-rate
二流 èr liú second-rate / second-tier
二房 èr fáng second branch of an extended family / concubine
二老 èr lǎo mother and father / parents
二郎 Er4 láng see 二郎神[Er4 lang2 shen2]
二八 èr bā 16 / sixteen
二甲 èr jiǎ 2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
二轮 èr lún second round (of a match or election)
二更 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
二重 èr chóng double / repeated twice
二指 èr zhǐ index finger
二连 Er4 lián Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia
二进 èr jìn binary (math.)
二心 èr xīn disloyalty / half-heartedness / duplicity
二副 èr fù second officer (of ship) / second mate
二胎 èr tāi second pregnancy
二黄 èr huáng one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / Peking opera / also written 二簧[er4 huang2] / see also 西皮[xi1 pi2]
二宝 èr bǎo second child / second baby
二屄 èr bī (slang) idiot / idiotic
二逼 èr bī variant of 二屄[er4 bi1]
二便 èr biàn urination and defecation
二侧 èr cè two sides
二醇 èr chún glycol
二道 Er4 dào Erdao district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
二伏 èr fú 中伏[zhong1 fu2]
二哈 èr hā (coll.) silly but cute husky (dog)
二簧 èr huáng variant of 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2]
二婚 èr hūn (coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries
二货 èr huò (slang) fool / dunce / foolishly cute person
二价 èr jià negotiable price / (chemistry) divalent / bivalent
二简 èr jiǎn abbr. for 第二次漢字簡化方案|第二次汉字简化方案[Di4 er4 ci4 Han4 zi4 Jian3 hua4 Fang1 an4]
二阶 èr jiē second order / quadratic (math.)
二林 Er4 lín Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
二仑 Er4 lún Erlun or Erhlun township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
二审 èr shěn (law) second instance / second trial
二声 èr shēng second tone
二水 Er4 shuǐ Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
二糖 èr táng disaccharide
二汤 èr tāng second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯|头汤[tou2tang1]
二致 èr zhì difference (usu. follows 無|无[wu2] as in 毫無二致|毫无二致[hao2wu2-er4zhi4] or 別無二致|别无二致[bie2wu2-er4zhi4])
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二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
二十一 èr shí yī twenty-one
二手车 èr shǒu chē second-hand car
二十四 èr shí sì 24
二十五 èr shí wǔ twenty five
二极管 èr jí guǎn diode
二十三 èr shí sān 23
二进制 èr jìn zhì binary system (math.)
二十七 èr shí qī twenty-seven
二合一 èr hé yī 2-in-1 / two-in-one
二人转 èr rén zhuàn genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
二甲苯 èr jiǎ běn xylene
二锅头 èr guō tóu erguotou (sorghum liquor)
二手货 èr shǒu huò second-hand goods / used goods
二月份 èr yuè fèn February
二郎腿 èr láng tuǐ one leg over the other (legs crossed)
二郎神 Er4 láng shén Erlangshen, Chinese deity
二百五 èr bǎi wǔ idiot / stupid person / a dope
二叉树 èr chā shù binary tree
二头肌 èr tóu jī biceps muscle
二年生 èr nián shēng biennial (botany)
二恶英 èr è yīng dioxin
二把手 èr bǎ shǒu deputy leader / the second-in-command
二房东 èr fáng dōng sublandlord / tenant who sublets
二元论 èr yuán lùn dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
二项式 èr xiàng shì two items / binomial (math.)
二流子 èr liú zi loafer / idler / bum
二重性 èr chóng xìng dualism / two sided / double nature
二次元 èr cì yuán two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
二维码 èr wéi mǎ 2D barcode / matrix code / (esp.) QR code
二节棍 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
二倍体 èr bèi tǐ diploid (in cell biology)
二阿姨 èr ā yí auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family
二把刀 èr bǎ dāo inexpert / a botcher
二遍苦 èr biàn kǔ second persecution
二部制 èr bù zhì two shift system (in schools)
二产妇 èr chǎn fù lady who has given birth twice
二茬罪 èr chá zuì to suffer second persecution
二齿兽 èr chǐ shòu dicynodon
二重唱 èr chóng chàng duet
二重根 èr chóng gēn a double root of an equation
二重奏 èr chóng zòu duet (in music)
二次方 èr cì fāng square (i.e. x times x)
二次曲 èr cì qū quadratic curve / conic section (geometry)
二次型 èr cì xíng quadratic form (math.)
二道江 Er4 dào jiāng Erdaojiang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin
二道区 Er4 dào qū Erdao district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
二等舱 èr děng cāng second class cabin
二等车 èr děng chē second-class carriage (of a train)
二叠纪 Er4 dié jì Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)
二迭纪 Er4 dié jì Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago) / also written 二疊紀|二叠纪
二丁醚 èr dīng mí dibutyl ether
二地主 èr dì zhǔ sublandlord / tenant who sublets
二东山 èr dōng shān Yi
二俄英 èr è yīng dioxin
二分点 èr fēn diǎn the two equinoxes
二分裂 èr fēn liè binary division (in bacterial reproduction)
二甘醇 èr gān chún diethylene glycol / glycerin (used in antifreeze)
二杆子 èr gān zi hot-tempered / rash / hot-tempered person
二尕子 èr gǎ zi scoundrel
二鬼子 èr guǐ zi traitor / collaborator with the enemy
二过一 èr guò yī (soccer) one-two / push-and-run
二皇帝 èr huáng dì second emperor of a dynasty
二婚头 èr hūn tóu remarried lady (contemptuous term) / lady who marries for a second time
二尖瓣 èr jiān bàn mitral valve (physiology)
二进宫 èr jìn gōng name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense
二级头 èr jí tóu second stage (diving)
二聚体 èr jù tǐ dimer (chemistry)
二愣子 èr lèng zi stupid person / dolt / rash (slang)
二林镇 Er4 lín zhèn Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
二里头 Er4 lǐ tou Erlitou (Xia dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 chao2] archaeological site at Yanshi 偃師|偃师[Yan3 shi1] in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[Luo4 yang2], Henan)
二硫键 èr liú jiàn disulfide (chemistry)
二氯胺 èr lu:4 àn dichloramine
二轮片 èr lún piàn second-run movie
二仑乡 Er4 lún xiāng Erlun or Erhlun township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat
二名法 èr míng fǎ binomial nomenclature (taxonomy)
二拇指 èr mu zhǐ index finger
二七区 Er4 qī Qū Erqi District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan
二人台 èr rén tái genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
二十多 èr shí duō over 20
二十万 èr shí wàn 200 thousand
二十亿 èr shí yì two billion
二手烟 èr shǒu yān second-hand smoke
二水货 èr shuǐ huò used goods / second hand goods
二水乡 Er4 shuǐ xiāng Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
二烯烃 èr xī tīng diene / alkadiene / diolefin
二氧芑 èr yǎng qǐ dioxin
二元醇 èr yuán chún ethyl alcohol C2H5OH
二元剂 èr yuán jì binary agent
Approximate Results for 二
第二 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary
十二 shí èr twelve / 12
周二 Zhōu èr Tuesday
一二 yī èr one or two / a few / a little / just a bit
老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis
其二 qí èr secondly / the other (usu. of two) / the second
初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year
大二 dà èr second-year university student
小二 xiǎo èr waiter
封二 fēng èr inside front cover
不二 bù èr the only (choice, way etc) / undivided (loyalty)
唯二 wéi èr (slang) (adjective) (of one thing) one of the only two / (of two things) the only two
么二 yāo èr one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice) / a prostitute
幺二 yāo èr one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice) / a prostitute
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第二天 dì èr tiān next day / the morrow
第二次 dì èr cì the second time / second / number two
星期二 Xīng qī èr Tuesday
十二月 Shí èr yuè December / twelfth month (of the lunar year)
第二代 dì èr dài second generation
第二轮 dì èr lún second round (of match, or election)
第二位 dì èr wèi second place
第十二 dì shí èr twelfth
第二十 dì èr shí twentieth
乙二醇 yǐ èr chún glycol / ethylene glycol C2H4(OH)2 (antifreeze)
十二分 shí èr fēn exceedingly / hundred percent / everything and more
包二奶 bāo èr nǎi to cohabit with and financially support a mistress
丙二醇 bǐng èr chún propylene glycol / propane-1,2-diol C3H6(OH)2
十二宫 shí èr gōng the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]
丁二烯 dīng èr xī butadiene C4H6 / biethylene
己二酸 jǐ èr suān adipic acid
礼拜二 Lǐ bài èr Tuesday
附表二  Schedule II
八二丹 bā èr dān eight-to-two powder (TCM)
北二外 Běi Er4 wài abbr. for 北京第二外國語學院|北京第二外国语学院[Bei3 jing1 Di4 er4 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Xue2 yuan4]
本周二 běn zhōu èr this Tuesday
不二价 bù èr jià one price for all / fixed price
店小二 diàn xiǎo èr (old) (in a tavern or inn etc) waiter / attendant
第二春 dì èr chūn (lit.) second spring / (fig.) falling in love for the second time / a new lease of life / rebirth
第二级 dì èr jí second level
第二声 dì èr shēng second tone in Mandarin / rising tone
第二性 Dì èr xìng The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
丁二醇 dīng èr chún butyl glycol
独二代 dú èr dài second generation only child
富二代 fù èr dài children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s / see also 窮二代|穷二代[qiong2 er4 dai4]
官二代 guān èr dài children of officials / word created by analogy with 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
河鼓二 Hé gǔ èr Altair (star)
火卫二 huǒ wèi èr Deimos (moon of Mars), aka Mars II
甲二醇 jiǎ èr chún methylene glycol
京二胡 jīng èr hú jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 / and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera / also called 京胡
链二烯 liàn èr xī diene / alkadiene / diolefin
木卫二 mù wèi èr Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
南门二 Nán mén èr Alpha Centauri or Rigel Kentaurus
七点二 qī diǎn èr 7.2
秦二世 Qín Er4 shì Qin Ershi (229-207 BC), second Qin emperor
穷二代 qióng èr dài those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s / see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
十二经 shí èr jīng twelve channels of TCM
十二码 shí èr mǎ 12-yard (sports) / penalty kick
十二支 shí èr zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 / (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
四一二 sì yī èr 12th April / refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
土卫二 Tǔ wèi èr Enceladus (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn II
星二代 xīng èr dài children of celebrities
心宿二 Xīn xiù èr Antares, the brightest star in Scorpio 天蠍座|天蝎座[Tian1 xie1 zuo4]
张二鸿 Zhāng Er4 hóng Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · / Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
中二病 zhōng èr bìng (neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese "chūnibyō")
独一无二 dú yī wú èr unique and unmatched (idiom) / unrivalled / nothing compares with it
十二星座 shí èr xīng zuò the twelve signs of the zodiac
三分之二 sān fēn zhī èr two-thirds
一清二楚 yī qīng èr chǔ to be very clear about sth (idiom)
第二季度 dì èr jì dù second quarter (of financial year)
接二连三 jiē èr lián sān one after another (idiom) / in quick succession
一干二净 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
数一数二 shǔ yī shǔ èr (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best / one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one
第二职业 dì èr zhí yè second job
十二指肠 shí èr zhǐ cháng duodenum
第二产业 dì èr chǎn yè secondary industry
三心二意 sān xīn èr yì in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying
不二法门 bù èr fǎ mén the one and only way / the only proper course to take
说一不二 shuō yī bù èr to say one and mean just that (idiom) / to keep one's word
毫无二致 háo wú èr zhì there cannot be another one like it
第二世界 dì èr shì jiè Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc)
寡二少双 guǎ èr shǎo shuāng peerless / second to none (idiom)
心无二用 xīn wú èr yòng one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time
一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一来二去 yī lái èr qù gradually / little by little / in the course of time
一穷二白 yī qióng èr bái impoverished / backward both economically and culturally
一石二鸟 yī shí èr niǎo to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
第二渠道  second channel
一罪二审  double jeopardy
大麻二酚  cannabidiol
大麻二醇  cannabidiol
香二翅豆  cumaru
硫二甘醇  thiodiglycol
苯二氮䓬 běn èr dàn zhuó (organic chemistry, pharmacology) benzodiazepine
别无二致 bié wú - èr zhì (idiom) without the slightest difference
臣一主二 chén yī zhǔ èr One has the right to choose the ruler one serves. (ancient proverb)
蒭藁增二 chú gǎo zēng èr same as 米拉, Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti), variable star with period of 330 days
大吃二喝 dà chī èr hē to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge
大麻二酚 dà má èr fēn cannabidiol (CBD)
大浦洞二 Dà pǔ dòng èr Taepodong 2, North Korean rocket
第二个人 dì èr ge rén the second person / (fig.) someone else / third party
第二国际 dì èr guó jì Second International
第二账户 dì èr zhàng hù Second Account
独一无二 dú yī - wú èr (idiom) unique / unmatched / unrivalled
非洲二司 fēi zhōu èr sī Africa II Division
肱二头肌 gōng èr tóu jī bicipital muscle / biceps
光二极管 guāng èr jí guǎn photodiode / light-emitting diode (LED)
股二头肌 gǔ èr tóu jī biceps femoris (anatomy)
毫无二致 háo wú - èr zhì (idiom) without the slightest difference
划一不二 huà yī bù èr fixed / unalterable
架二郎腿 jià èr láng tuǐ to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
接二连三 jiē èr - lián sān (idiom) one after another / in quick succession
九二共识 Jiǔ Er4 Gòng shí 1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
略知一二 lu:è zhī - yī èr (idiom) to know just a little / to have a rough idea
略知一二 lu:è zhī yī èr to know just a little / to have a rough idea
路易二世 lù yì èr shì Louis
偏二甲肼 piān èr jiǎ jǐng unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine
翘二郎腿 qiào èr láng tuǐ to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
若昂二世 ruò áng èr shì John
三十二相 sān shí èr xiàng the thirty-two physical characteristics of Buddha
十二边形 shí èr biān xíng dodecagon
十二地支 shí èr dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 / (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
十二角形 shí èr jiǎo xíng dodecagon
十二经脉 shí èr jīng mài twelve channels of TCM
十二面体 shí èr miàn tǐ dodecahedron
十二时辰 shí èr shí chen twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
十二月份 shí èr yuè fèn December
退居二线 tuì jū èr xiàn to withdraw to the second line of duty / to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
一清二白 yī qīng èr bái perfectly clean / blameless / unimpeachable (idiom)
一式二份 yī shì ér fèn in duplicate
一式二份 yī shì èr fèn in duplicate
异戊二烯 yì wù èr xī isoprene
一心二用 yī xīn èr yòng to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention
约翰二书 Yuē hàn èr shū Second epistle of St John
玉置浩二 yù zhì hào èr Koji
周休二日 zhōu xiū èr rì (Tw) two-day weekend (usually Saturday and Sunday)
纵横二千 zòng héng èr qiān G2000
最小二乘 zuì xiǎo èr chéng least squares (math.)
1,1-二氟乙烷 1,1-èr fú zhé wán ethylidene fluoride / 1,1-difluoroethane / 1,1-difluoro- ethane / C2H4F2
1,2-二氯乙烷 1,2-èr lu:4 zhé wán ethylene dichloride / 1,2-dichloroethane / sym-dichloroethane / ethylene chloride
1,2-二卤乙烷 1,2-èr lǔ zhé wán ethylene hydrocarbons
1,1-二氯乙烷 1,1-èr lu:4 zhé wán ethylidene chloride / 1,1-dichloro- ethane
1,2-二溴乙烷 1,2-èr xiù zhé wán ethylene dibromide / ethylene bromide / 1,2-dibromoethane
发光二极管 fā guāng èr jí guǎn light-emitting diode / LED
激光二极管 jī guāng èr jí guǎn laser diode
光电二极管 guāng diàn èr jí guǎn photodiode
三下五除二 sān xià wǔ chú èr three, set five remove two (abacus rule) / efficiently / quickly and easily
一退六二五 yī tuì liù èr wǔ see 一推六二五[yi1 tui1 liu4er4wu3]
第二次打击  second strike
吨二氧化碳  ton of carbon dioxide
第二代行动  multidimensional operation / complex mission / second-generation operation / multidisciplinary operation
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