How to Say ‘Two or three times.’ in Simplified Chinese
两三次。
liǎng sān cì
[lyahng-san tsuh]
💬 Usage Tip: Putting two nearby numbers together often means "X or Y": [两三次] "two or three times," [三四天] "three or four days." [两] is used here, not [二].
Phrase Breakdown
两三
liǎng sān
[lyahng-san]
two or three
两三 means 'two or three' and gives an approximate number rather than an exact count.
我每周去两三次。
I go two or three times every week.
次
cì
[tsuh]
time; occurrence
次 is a measure word used for counting how many times an action happens.
他一个星期跑步两三次。
He goes running two or three times a week.
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