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两年
Traditional Chinese
兩年
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
liǎng nián
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
leung5 nin4
Short definition two years
Usage frequency Very common
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(wǒ) I
认识(rèn shi) to know
(tā) she
两年(liǎng nián) two years
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

I have known her for two years.

(dào) to go
明年(míng nián) next year
四月(sì yuè) April
我们( men) us
住在(zhù zài) to live in
这儿(zhèr) here
(jiù) only
(mǎn) quite
两年(liǎng nián) two years
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

We'll have lived here for two years next April.

他想( tā xiǎng)
(zài) (located) at
中国(zhōng guó) China
工作(gōng zuò) job
两年(liǎng nián) two years

He wants to work in China for two years.

(wǒ) I
(bì) full
(yè) job
(kuài) fast
两年(liǎng nián) two years
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

I graduated almost two years ago.

(qù) to get rid of
美国(měi guó) American
旅行(lv xíng) trip
一次(yī cì) once
相当于(xiāng dāng yú) to be equivalent to
(tā) she
两年(liǎng nián) two years
(dedì) of
工资(gōng zī) pay

A trip to America was equivalent to a two-year salary for her.

(tā) another
(suī) even though
(rán) however
(zhǐ zhīzhī) only
学了( xué le)
两年(liǎng nián) two years
(dedì) of
英文(yīng wén) English
(dàn) but
(yě) too
说得不错(shuō děi bù cuò) well spoken

His English is not bad, seeing that he has studied for only two years.

他在( tā zài)
这里(zhè lǐ) here
已经(yǐ jīng) already
住了( zhù le)
两年(liǎng nián) two years
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
(ma) (question tag)

Has he lived here for two years?

虽然(suī rán) even if
(wǒ) I
学了( xué le)
两年(liǎng nián) two years
中文(zhōng wén) Chinese written language
但是(dàn shì) but
我还是(wǒháishì)
(yǒu) some
很多(hěn duō) very many
(zì) word
不认识(bùrènshí) unknown

Although I have been studying Chinese for 2 years, there are still a lot of words I do not know.

(tā) another
(qù) to get rid of
美国(měi guó) American
(xué) -ology
英文(yīng wén) English
已经有(yǐjǐyǒu)
两年(liǎng nián) two years
(dedì) of
时间(shí jiān) time
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

Two years have passed since he went over to American in order to study English.

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