I paid double the sum.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
两倍
twice as much
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
twice as much
02
double the amount
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 两倍 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 两倍 appears in 19 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He earns twice as much as me.
Prices are double what they were two years ago.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 两倍.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 两倍.
Directly before
- 的两倍11
- 了两倍3
- 长两倍1
- 增加两倍1
- 贵两倍1
Directly after
- 两倍大4
- 两倍的4
- 两倍多2
- 两倍长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 两倍
What does 两倍 mean in Chinese?
两倍 (liǎngbèi) means twice as much.
How do you pronounce 两倍?
两倍 is pronounced liǎngbèi.
Is 两倍 an HSK word?
两倍 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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