èr
two
2
(Beijing dialect) stupid
èr cì
second (i.e. number two)
second time
twice
(math.) quadratic (of degree two)
èr jí
grade 2
second class
category B
dì èr
second
number two
next
secondary
èr yuè
February
second month (of the lunar year)
shí èr yuè
December
twelfth month (of the lunar year)
dì èr cì
the second time
second
number two
èr dài
secondary
twice in the year (of generations of insects, harvests etc)
èr shǒu fáng
second-hand house
house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
èr shǒu
indirectly acquired
second-hand (information, equipment etc)
assistant
shǔ yī shǔ èr
reckoned to be first or second best (idiom)
one of the very best
to list one by one
èr hú
erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
alto fiddle
CL:把[ba3]
jiē èr lián sān
one after another (idiom)
in quick succession
dú yī wú èr
unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled
nothing compares with it
shí èr zhī
the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)
èr huà
objection
differing opinion
èr fáng
second branch of an extended family
concubine
èr bǎi wǔ
idiot
stupid person
a dope
sān xīn èr yì
in two minds about sth (idiom)
half-hearted
shilly-shallying
èr shí yī tiáo
the Japanese Twenty-one demands of 1925
èr lún
second round (of a match or election)
dì èr lún
second round (of match, or election)
shí èr fēn
exceedingly
hundred percent
everything and more
èr huà bù shuō
not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
without demur
yī qīng èr chǔ
to be very clear about sth (idiom)
bāo èr nǎi
to cohabit with and financially support a mistress
èr jiē
second order
quadratic (math.)
èr lái
in the second place
secondly
Èr dào
Erdao district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
yǐ èr chún
glycol
ethylene glycol C2H4(OH)2 (antifreeze)
dì èr jì dù
second quarter (of financial year)
fù èr dài
children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s
see also 窮二代|穷二代[qiong2 er4 dai4]
èr nǎi
mistress
second wife
lover
èr zhě
both
both of them
neither
yī fēn wéi èr
one divides into two
to be two-sided
there are two sides to everything
to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
qí èr
secondly
the other (usu. of two)
the second
èr shì
the Second (of numbered kings)
second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
dà èr
second-year university student
Èr lián
Erlian basin in Inner Mongolia
èr gēng
second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
èr yuán
duality
dual
bipolar
binary
shí èr xīng zuò
the twelve constellations on the ecliptic plane
the signs of the zodiac
lǎo èr
the second child or brother (or sister)
(slang) penis
èr shí sì jié qi
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
Shàng hǎi Dì èr Yī kē Dà xué
Shanghai Second Medical University
Èr shuǐ
Erhshui township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 xian4], Taiwan
èr hūn
to marry for the second time
second marriage
second spouse
yī gān èr jìng
thoroughly (idiom)
completely
one and all
very clean
Èr qī qū
Erqi district of Zhengzhou city 鄭州市|郑州市[Zhēng zhōu shì], Henan
èr shǒu huò
second-hand goods
used goods
bù èr fǎ mén
the one and only way
the only proper course to take
èr lǎo
mother and father
parents
shí èr gōng
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]
qióng èr dài
those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
èr fù
second officer (of ship)
second mate
èr míng fǎ
binomial nomenclature (taxonomy)
same as 雙名法|双名法[shuang1 ming2 fa3]
dīng èr xī
butadiene C4H6
biethylene
bǐng èr chún
propylene glycol
propane-1,2-diol C3H6(OH)2
lüè zhī yī èr
slight knowledge of sth
to know very little about a subject
a smattering
èr xīn
disloyalty
half-heartedness
duplicity
Èr lín
Erhlin town in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 xian4], Taiwan
Èr lián hào tè
Erlianhaote city in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
èr è yīng
dioxin
also written 二惡英|二恶英
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
tremendous strength (idiom)
èr shí sì shǐ
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
fig. a long and complicated story
bù guǎn sān qī èr shí yī
regardless of the consequences
recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
èr fáng dōng
sublandlord
tenant who sublets
yī lái èr qù
gradually
little by little
in the course of time
Èr dào qū
Erdao district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
èr chóng xìng
dualism
two sided
double nature
èr bèi tǐ
diploid (in cell biology)
èr cì gé mìng
second revolution
campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords
èr huáng
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera
Peking opera
also written 二簧[er4 huang2]
see also 西皮[xi1 pi2]
èr shí bā xiù
the twenty-eight constellations
yī bù zuò ,5 èr bù xiū
don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
in for a penny, in for a pound
shuō yī bù èr
to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
èr hào rén wù
second best person
second-rate person
èr bǎ shǒu
deputy leader
the second-in-command
èr xiàng shì
two items
binomial (math.)
shí èr mǎ
12-yard (sports)
penalty kick
sì yī èr
12th April
refers to Chiang Kai-shek's coup of 12th April 1927 against the communists in Shanghai
shí èr shí chen
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy
èr shí wǔ shǐ
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
Èr dié jì
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)
shí èr dì zhī
the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
dì èr shēng
second tone in Mandarin
rising tone
èr yuán lùn
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
Èr lián hào tè shì
Erlianhaote city in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
èr cì qū xiàn
quadratic curve (geometry)
conic
huáng dào shí èr gōng
see 十二宮|十二宫[shi2 er4 gong1]
háo wú èr zhì
there cannot be another one like it
Èr lún
Erlun or Erhlun township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
bù èr jià
one price for all
fixed price
èr xiàng shì dìng lǐ
the Binomial Theorem (math.)
èr gān chún
diethylene glycol
glycerin (used in antifreeze)
Èr lín zhèn
Erhlin town in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 xian4], Taiwan
èr jìn zhì biān mǎ
binary code
binary encoding
bō lì èr xiàng xìng
wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics
Èr lún xiāng
Erlun or Erhlun township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
dú èr dài
second generation only child
Èr shuǐ xiāng
Erhshui township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 xian4], Taiwan
wǔ yǎng huà èr fán
Vanadium pentoxide V2O5
vanadic anhydride
Èr dào jiāng
Erdaojiang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin
èr dào fàn zi
middleman
buyer and seller
Èr lǐ tou
Erlitou (Xia dynasty 夏朝 archaeological site at Yanshi 偃师 in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan)
èr shí nián mù dǔ zhī guài xiàn zhuàng
The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人, classified as "novel of denunciation" 譴責小說|谴责小说
yī qīng èr bái
perfectly clean
blameless
unimpeachable (idiom)
èr lèng zi
stupid person
dolt
rash (slang)
yī huí shēng , èr huí shú
lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom); unfamiliar at first but you get used to it
strangers at first meeting, but soon friends
awkward at first but becoming skillful later
an acquired taste
yī èr bā shì biàn
Shanghai incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
zhǐ zhī qí yī , bù zhī qí èr
to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
sì shí èr zhāng jīng
The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰 and Gobharana 竺法蘭 (Dharmaraksha)
Èr dào jiāng qū
Erdaojiang district of Tonghua city 通化市, Jilin
èr cì qū miàn
quadric surface (geometry)
Huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì
the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911
èr bù zhì
two shift system (in schools)
yī yǎng huà èr dàn
nitrous oxide N2O
laughing gas
yāo èr
one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice)
a prostitute
sì yī èr fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàn
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
èr huáng
variant of 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2]
Tǔ wèi èr
Enceladus (moon of Saturn)
èr lín suān xiàn gān
adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
èr guǐ zi
traitor
collaborator with the enemy
èr fú
same as 中伏[zhong1 fu2], last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏[san1 fu2], three hottest periods of the year
guāng èr jí guǎn
photodiode
light-emitting diode (LED)
Yuē hàn èr shū
Second epistle of St John
èr fēn liè
binary division (in bacterial reproduction)
èr jié gùn
nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
èr gān zi
hot-tempered
rash
hot-tempered person
Xīn xiù èr
Antares, the brightest star in Scorpio 天蠍座|天蝎座[Tian1 xie1 zuo4]
Èr lián pén dì
Erlian basin in Inner Mongolia
jīng èr hú
jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera
also called 京胡
èr xiàng shì xì shù
a binomial coefficient (math.)
the number of combinations
èr ā yí
auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family
èr chá zuì
to suffer second persecution
èr yī tiān zuò wǔ
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)
to share fairly between two parties
to go fifty-fifty
bā èr sān pào zhàn
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis
Nán mén èr
Alpha Centauri or Rigel Kentaurus
èr huáng dì
second emperor of a dynasty
èr hào diàn chí
C size battery (Tw)
PRC equivalent: 三號電池|三号电池
èr yǎng huà yóu
brown oxidier
uranium dioxide
èr dié jì
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)
also written 二疊紀|二叠纪
xīn wú èr yòng
one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time
sì yī èr shì biàn
the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists
called 反革命政变|反革命政變 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
èr chóng gēn
a double root of an equation
èr dì zhǔ
sublandlord
tenant who sublets
yī tuì liù èr wǔ
lit. 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)
fig. to deny responsibility
to pass the buck
also written 一推六二五[yi1 tui4 liu4 er4 wu3]
èr shuǐ huò
used goods
second hand goods
èr chǎn fù
lady who has given birth twice
qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng
28-spotted ladybird
hadda beetle
Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
Dà pǔ dòng èr
Taepodong 2, North Korean rocket
èr hūn tóu
remarried lady (contemptuous term)
lady who marries for a second time
èr nǎi zhuān jiā
"mercenary expert", a person who is supposedly an independent expert, but receives payment for making comments favorable to a particular entity
èr cì qū
quadratic curve
conic section (geometry)
èr jiǎ jī shèn suān
dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
cacodylic acid
Dà pǔ dòng èr hào
Taepodong 2, North Korean rocket
èr jiǎ jī shēn suān
dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
cacodylic acid
èr lián jù dào lóng
Gigantoraptor erlianensis (a giant bird-like dinosaur found in Erlian in Inner Mongolia)
sì yī èr cǎn àn
the massacre of 12th Mar 1927
the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
chú gǎo zēng èr
same as 米拉, Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti), variable star with period of 330 days
chán jiā èr xiān sheng
annoying muddle-headed person who gabbles unintelligibly
èr lǜ běn àn běn yǐ suān nà
diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as pain-killer)
also called voltaren 扶他林
liù èr wǔ shì biàn
Korean war (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
èr yǎng huà tàn gé lí
carbon sequestration
carbon dioxide sequestration
èr liú jī bǐng huáng suān nà
sodium dimercaptosulfanate
liù · èr wǔ zhàn zhēng
the Korean war (started June 25 1950)
èr lǜ yì sān jù qíng suān nà
sodium dichloroisocyanurate
chén yī zhǔ èr
One has the right to choose the ruler one serves. (ancient proverb)
Zhāng Èr hóng
Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
tiān dōng běn bǐng èr tài zhǐ
aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)
bèi yòng èr jí tóu hū xī qì
backup regulator
octopus (diving)
èr liú jī hǔ pò suān nà
sodium dimercaptosuccinate
èr chóng xià biāo
double subscript
doubly indexed
èr guō tóu
erguotou (sorghum liquor)
bā èr dān
eight-to-two powder (TCM)
Liù Èr wǔ Zhàn zhēng
the Korean War (started June 25 1950)
chū èr
2nd year in junior middle school
2nd day of a lunar month
2nd day of lunar New Year
Běi Èr wài
abbr. for 北京第二外國語學院|北京第二外国语学院[Bei3 jing1 Di4 er4 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Xue2 yuan4]
Běi jīng Dì èr Wài guó yǔ Xué yuàn
Beijing International Studies University (BISU)
Shí èr yuè
December
twelfth month (of the lunar year)
èr láng tuǐ
one leg over the other (legs crossed)
Èr láng shén
Erlangshen, Chinese deity
èr jí tóu hū xī qì
(diving) regulator
demand valve
èr wéi mǎ
two-dimensional barcode
QR code
èr huà méi shuō
see 二話不說|二话不说[er4 hua4 bu4 shuo1]
èr huò
(slang) fool
dunce
foolishly cute person
Èr dié jì
Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)
also written 二疊紀|二叠纪
èr jìn gōng
name of a famous opera
(slang) to go to jail for a second offense
zhǐ zhī qí yī , bù zhī qí èr
to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
dà chī èr hē
to eat and drink extravagantly
to binge
guān èr dài
children of officials
word created by analogy with 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
Dì èr xìng
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
dì èr chūn
(lit.) second spring
(fig.) falling in love for the second time
a new lease of life
rebirth
Dì èr cì Hàn zì Jiǎn huà Fāng àn
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
abbr. to 二簡|二简[er4 jian3]
guǎn tā sān qī èr shí yī
who cares
no matter what
regardless of the consequences
qiào èr láng tuǐ
to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
jī gān suān èr nà
disodium inosinate (E631)
tuì jū èr xiàn
to withdraw to the second line of duty
to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
dì èr ge rén
the second person
(fig.) someone else
third party
Dì èr Shì jiè
Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc)
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
peerless
second to none (idiom)
jià èr láng tuǐ
to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
lüè zhī yī èr
slight knowledge of sth
to know very little about a subject
a smattering
fā guāng èr jí tǐ
light-emitting diode (LED) (Tw)
Qín Èr shì
Qin Ershi (229-207 BC), second Qin emperor
niǎo gān suān èr nà
disodium guanylate (E627)
èr jiǎn
abbr. for 第二次漢字簡化方案|第二次汉字简化方案[Di4 er4 ci4 Han4 zi4 Jian3 hua4 Fang1 an4]
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
in for a penny, in for a pound
sān qī èr shí yī
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
the facts of the matter
the actual situation
sān xià wǔ chú èr
three, set five remove two (abacus rule)
efficiently
quickly and easily
sān shí èr xiàng
the thirty-two physical characteristics of Buddha
Èr qī Qū
Erqi District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan
èr rén shì jiè
world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple)
romantic couple's world
èr rén tái
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
èr rén zhuàn
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
zhàng èr Jīn gāng mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
see 丈二和尚,摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚,摸不着头脑[zhang4 er4 he2 shang5 , mo1 bu5 zhao2 tou2 nao3]
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
fig. at a total loss
Yī Èr bā Shì biàn
Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
to make a terrible scene (idiom)
to throw a tantrum
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
yī xīn èr yòng
to do two things at once (idiom)
to multitask
to divide one's attention
yī shì yī , èr shì èr
lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut
unequivocal
yī shí èr niǎo
to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
yī qióng èr bái
impoverished
backward both economically and culturally
Èr kè Pāi àn Jīng qí
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
Èr shí yī Tiáo
the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
èr máo zi
lit. secondary foreigner
(derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion)
(coll.) westernized Chinese person
(derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood
(slang) Ukraine
German shepherd dog
(dialect) two-year-old goat
èr lǜ yì sān jù qíng suān nà
sodium dichloroisocyanurate
èr lǜ běn àn běn yǐ suān nà
diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as pain-killer)
also called voltaren 扶他林
èr jiǎ
2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
Èr yuè
February
second month (of the lunar year)
èr bān bǎi líng
(bird species of China) bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
Èr shí sì Shǐ
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century
fig. a long and complicated story
Èr shí sì Xiào
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
Èr shí Nián Mù dǔ zhī Guài Xiàn zhuàng
The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2]
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mitral valve (physiology)
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mitral stenosis (physiology)
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see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuang1 bai3 fang1 zhen1]