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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.simple; not complicated
单调
dull
简单
simple
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- 2
adj.single; sole; one; alone
他是个单身汉。
He is a bachelor.
单丝不成线，独木不成林。
One strand of silk doesn't make a thread, one tree doesn't make a forest.
把那个自行车单放在一边。
Put that bike aside separately.
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- 3
n.cover; sheet
被单
top sheet
床单
sheet
单子
sheet
- 4
adj.thin; weak; insubstantial
势孤力单
be in a helpless, isolated plight
- 5
adj.unlined
他只穿了单层，冻得鼻子都红了。
He was only wearing a single layer of clothing, and his nose was red from the cold.
- 6
n.list; bill
书单
reading list
菜单
menu
工资单
pay sheet
- 7
adj.odd; odd number (1, 3, 5, 7, etc., as opposed to "even")
单数
odd number
单只袜子
an odd sock
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- 8
adv.solely; singly; only
别的不说，单说这件事。
Let's talk about this matter alone.
我单看见他自己。
I only saw him.
那些白衣服放在一起洗，这件蓝的要单洗。
Wash the white clothes together, and the blue one separately.
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Words and phrases with 单
- 单向[word]one-way
- 单身[word]unmarried; live alone
- 单纯[word]simple; only
- 单词[word]individual word; single-morpheme word
- 单一[word]single
- 单刀[word]shorthilted broadsword; single broadsword event
- 单单[word]only
- 单位[word]unit; government office
- 单核[word]monokaryon
- 单门独户[idiom]detached house
- 单人独马[idiom]by oneself
- 单枪匹马[idiom]single-handed
- 单丁之身[idiom]one body alone
- 单根独苗[idiom]only child
- 单刀直入[idiom]come straight to the point
- 单鹄寡凫[idiom]person who has lost his or her partner
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "chán", "单" is used for the ancient Xiongnu monarch "单于"; when pronounced as "shàn", it is only used for place names and surnames.
- common measure word"单" is often matched with measure word "个"or"张".
一个单
one sheet
一张单
one sheet