俩

liǎ · HSK 4

two

👥 俩 = 亻(person) + 两 (two) — two people together, colloquial 'the two of them'

Always pronounced liǎ (never liǎng), and never followed by a measure word — 俩 already contains 两个. Common in 我们俩 (the two of us), 你们俩 (you two), 哥俩 (the two brothers).

俩 — person radical 亻 + 两 (two)
俩 combines the person radical 亻 with 两 (liǎng, 'two'), forming a colloquial contraction meaning 'the two of them' or 'a couple of'. It is essentially 两个 fused into one syllable, used only in spoken Mandarin. The 亻 hints at people, while 两 carries both sound and the core meaning of 'two'.

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