The incomparable Victor Mair, one of the most fecund China scholars of our day, on common bisyllabic terms in Mandarin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

I know in several languages words ending in unstressed -i or -e, and no matter how hard I'd stress the first syllabe the ending keeps being different especially in simple, bisyllabic CVCV words.    From Wordnik.com.  [The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone] Reference

She stopped me, and used a bisyllabic barnyard term to indicate her categorical rejection of such a creature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pyromaniacs] Reference

She replaced the bisyllabic number “14″ with the nearest monosyllabic number, namely 12″.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simon Singh Rocks!] Reference

("I know in several languages words ending in unstressed -i or -e, and no matter how hard I'd stress the first syllabe the ending keeps being different (especially in simple, bisyllabic CVCV words.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone] Reference

"Co-operative", shortened sometimes to (bisyllabic) "Co - op (shop)", or even "the Co '"; qua'ers = "quarters", squa'ers = "squatters" (pronounced with characteristic glottal stop).    From Wordnik.com.  [I Love a Sausage] Reference