(pos:數詞)
<explanation>
yue:「#二」嘅意思;喺量詞或者「#十」以外嘅位數詞前面出現,但係淨係數嘢嘅時候用(例如「兩個」、「兩千」),其餘時候用「二」(例如「一二三四五」、「第二」、「十二個」)。
eng:two; only used in front of measure words or larger base number words except #十 (sap6, ten); otherwise #二 ji6 should be used, e.g. 一二三四五 (jat1 ji6 saam1 sei3 ng5, one two three four five), 第二 (dai6 ji6, second), 十二個 (sap6 ji6 go3, twelve pieces of)
<eg>
yue:兩件 (loeng5 gin6)
eng:two pieces
<eg>
yue:兩千 (loeng5 cin1)
eng:two thousand
<eg>
yue:四萬兩千幾 (sei3 maan6 loeng5 cin1 gei2)
eng:42 thousand something
<eg>
yue:兩百三十萬 (loeng5 baak3 saam1 sap6 maan6)
eng:2.3 million
<eg>
yue:佢每餐都要食兩碗飯。 (keoi5 mui5 caan1 dou1 jiu3 sik6 loeng5 wun2 faan6.)
eng:He eats two bowls of rice every meal.
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<explanation>
yue:概括表示細數目,唔多過#幾
eng:a small number; a meagre number; not more than #幾
<eg>
yue:講兩句得唔得? (gong2 loeng5 geoi3 dak1 m4 dak1?)
eng:Can we talk for a bit? (Can we talk a sentence or two?)
<eg>
yue:部電腦用兩下就壞咗。 (bou6 din6 nou5 jung6 loeng5 haa5 zau6 waai6 zo2.)
eng:The computer broke down after being used for merely a few times.
(pos:量詞)(sim:司馬両)
<explanation>
yue:東亞重量量度單位;香港法定標準一両大約等於38#克;一#斤 等於十六両,一両等於十#錢;中國大陸嘅一#市両 就係50克
eng:tael; a unit measurement common in East Asia
<eg>
yue:二両 (ji6 loeng2)
eng:two taels
<eg>
yue:我要買一両黃連。 (ngo5 jiu3 maai5 jat1 loeng2 wong4 lin4.)
eng:I'd like to buy one tael of Chinese goldthread.