| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 半斤八兩 | 半斤八两 | bàn jīn bā liǎng | not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee |
| 參兩院 | 参两院 | cān liǎng yuàn | both houses of US Congress |
| 公兩 | 公两 | gōng liǎng | hectogram |
| 海峽兩岸關係協會 | 海峡两岸关系协会 | hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì | PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) |
| 後兩者 | 后两者 | hòu liǎng zhě | the latter two |
| 進退兩難 | 进退两难 | jìn tuì liǎng nán | dilemma |
| 老兩口兒 | 老两口儿 | lǎo liǎng koǔr | an old married couple |
| 兩 | 两 | liǎng | both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael |
| 兩岸 | 两岸 | liǎng àn | bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland |
| 兩岸對話 | 两岸对话 | liǎng àn duì huà | bilateral talks |
| 兩百 | 两百 | liǎng bǎi | two hundred |
| 兩百萬 | 两百万 | liǎng bǎi wàn | two million |
| 兩百億 | 两百亿 | liǎng bǎi yì | twenty billion |
| 兩側對稱 | 两侧对称 | liǎng cè duì chèn | bilateral symmetry |
| 兩次 | 两次 | liǎng cì | twice |
| 兩當 | 两当 | Liǎng dāng | (N) Liangdang (place in Gansu) |
| 兩黨制 | 两党制 | liǎng dǎng zhì | two-party system |
| 兩點十九分 | 两点十九分 | liǎng diǎn shí jiǔ fēn | 2 :1 9 (time of day) |
| 兩耳不聞窗外事 | 两耳不闻窗外事 | liǎng ěr bù wén chuāng wài shì | to pay no attention to outside matters |
| 兩個中國 | 两个中国 | liǎng gè zhōng guó | two-China (policy) |
| 兩國 | 两国 | liǎng guó | both countries; two countries |
| 兩極 | 两极 | liǎng jí | (n) the earth's poles; (n) both ends of sth; (n) electric poles |
| 兩極分化 | 两极分化 | liǎng jí fēn huà | polarization |
| 兩級文法 | 两级文法 | liǎng jí wén fǎ | two-level grammar |
| 兩口子 | 两口子 | liǎng kǒu zi | (n) husband and wife |
| 兩旁 | 两旁 | liǎng páng | both sides; either sides |
| 兩棲 | 两栖 | liǎng qī | amphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines |
| 兩棲動物 | 两栖动物 | liǎng qī dòng wù | amphibian; amphibious animals |
| 兩千 | 两千 | liǎng qiān | two thousand |
| 兩千六百一十六 | 两千六百一十六 | liǎng qiān liù bǎi yī shí liù | 2816 |
| 兩千年 | 两千年 | liǎng qiān nián | the year 2000; 2000 years |
| 兩手 | 两手 | liǎng shǒu | double tactics; twin strategies |
| 兩星期 | 两星期 | liǎng xīng qí | fortnight |
| 兩性異形 | 两性异形 | liǎng xìng yì xíng | sexual dimorphism |
| 兩用 | 两用 | liǎng yòng | dual-use |
| 兩者 | 两者 | liǎng zhě | both sides |
| 一刀兩斷 | 一刀两断 | yī dāo liǎng duàn | acting without dawdling in a straightforward manner; metaphor for severing relationship |
| 一國兩制 | 一国两制 | yī guó liǎng zhì | one country, two systems (China-Hong Kong) |
| 一舉兩得 | 一举两得 | yī jǔ liǎng de | kill two birds with one stone |
| 有兩下子 | 有两下子 | yǒu liǎng xià zi | have real skill; know one's stuff |
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