両

りょう

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.)

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Meanings

  1. prefix, takes の both (hands, parents, sides, etc.)
  2. counter counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles
  3. noun ryō; tael; traditional unit of weight (for gold, silver and drugs), 4-5 monme, 15-19 g
  4. ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
  5. ryō; traditional measure of fabric, 2 tan
  6. archaic ryō; tael; unit of weight under the ritsuryō system, 1/16 kin, 42-43 g
  7. counter, archaic counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.

もろ also 諸 · 双

  1. prefix, usually in kana both

りゃん

  1. numeral, esp. in hand games two
  2. noun, archaic, derogatory, abbreviation samurai

リャン also 二

  1. numeral two

テール

  1. noun, usually in kana tael (Chinese unit of weight and currency)

Its kanji

In sentences

列車れっしゃは15両りょう編成へんせいだ。 The train is made up of fifteen cars. #77527

この列車れっしゃは七しち両りょう編成へんせいです。 This train is made up of seven cars. #219162

つばさの客車きゃくしゃは何なに両りょうですか。 How many cars does the Tsubasa have? #202576

彼かれは両りょう当事者とうじしゃの間あいだを調停ちょうていした。 He mediated between the two parties. #98957

両りょう地域ちいきは宗教しゅうきょうと文化ぶんかが違ちがっている。 The two regions differ in religion and culture. #77978