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双shuāngmeasure word: pair

Theme
Measure words
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
4
Syllable
shuang

How 双 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

双 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 双

Examples

我买了一双鞋。

Wǒ mǎi le yī shuāng xié.

I bought a pair of shoes.

  • 我wǒI
  • 买mǎito buy
  • 了lecompleted action marker
  • 一yīone
  • 双shuāngmeasure word: pair
  • 鞋xiéshoes

这双鞋太小了。

Zhè shuāng xié tài xiǎo le.

These shoes are too small.

  • 这zhèthis
  • 双shuāngmeasure word: pair
  • 鞋xiéshoes
  • 太tàitoo; excessively
  • 小xiǎosmall
  • 了lecompleted action marker

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 上shàngup; to go up; previous
  • 黄huángyellow
  • 对duìcorrect; towards