Press the bell twice.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
两下
twice
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
twice
02
for a little while
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 两下 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 两下 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom kicked me twice.
Having forgotten his key, he was able to open the door by inserting a wire in the keyhole.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 两下.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 两下.
Directly before
- 按两下1
- 了两下1
- 我两下1
Directly after
- 两下铃1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 两下
What does 两下 mean in Chinese?
两下 (liǎngxià) means twice.
How do you pronounce 两下?
两下 is pronounced liǎngxià.
Is 两下 an HSK word?
两下 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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