Chinese Domaining: The Number Two (2)

TLD Registry, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, and ChopChop.domains is releasing the 8th installment of their Chinese Domaining Masterclass blog series.

Here are the previous eight installments:

• the number 7
• the number 3
• the number 4
• the number 8
• the number 9
• the number 5
• the number 6
• the number 1

2: 二; Pinyin: Èr

The number two generally symbolizes someone or something that is “paired,” which makes it a very positive number. This is because Chinese people often find loneliness to be very undesirable. Additionally, the number is employed as an adjective or a verb in northern Chinese provinces to mean “stupid” and/or “silly.”

The Mandarin spelling and pronunciation for the number two is “er,” and the Cantonese version is “ji.” The most common sound-alike for the number two is “love,” which makes sense, because of the Chinese attraction to things that are paired.

• The noun sound-alike for the number two is: son, ear, emu, thus, pearl, caviar, and aunt (in Cantonese).
• The conjunctive sound-alike for the number two is: and (in Cantonese).

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