两倍

兩倍
liǎngbèi
number

Meanings

  1. 1 twice
  2. 2 double
  3. 3 two times as much

Examples

Tā de gōngzī shì wǒ de liǎngbèi.
His salary is twice mine.
Jīnnián de dìngdān bǐ qùnián duō le liǎngbèi.
This year's orders are twice as many more than last year's.

Tips

grammar
A B 两倍 = 'A is twice B' (A = 2B). But A B 两倍 means 'A is two times MORE than B' (A = 3B). The pattern adds on top of the base, so native speakers sometimes argue over it in news writing.
mistakes
Don't say in speech; native usage is 两倍. only appears in read-out numbers like 2.5 ().

Stroke Order

liǎng
bèi