"单" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Structure
Decomp. 丷曰十
八田十
Prononciation
Mandarin chán; dān; Shàn
Entry Methods
Pinyin chan2; dan1; Shan4
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Results for 单
 chán see 單于|单于[Chan2 yu2]
 dān bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4]
 Shàn surname Shan
Results beginning with 单
 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 dān shēn unmarried / single
 dān dú alone / by oneself / on one's own
 dān chún simple / pure / unsophisticated / merely / purely
 dān yuán unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
 dān jī to click (using a mouse or other pointing device)
 dān yī single / only / sole
 dān cí word / CL:個|个[ge4]
 dān qǔ single (recording industry)
 dān jià unit price
 dān ge single / alone / individually / an odd one
 dān diào monotonous
 dān rén one person / single (room, bed etc)
 dān xiàng single-item
 dān dān only / merely / just
 dān chē (coll.) bike / bicycle (esp. bike-share bicycle)
 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy
 dān jù receipts / invoices / transaction records
 dān xiàng unidirectional
  single lens reflex
 dān dǎ singles (in sports) / CL:場|场[chang3]
 dān sè monochrome / monochromatic / black and white
 dān tiāo to pick / to choose / to fight a duel
 dān shǒu one hand / single-handed
 dān tǐ monomer (chemistry)
 dān zi list of items / bill / form / bedsheet
 dān zǐ the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad
 dān chéng one-way (ticket)
 dān biān unilateral
 dān zhèng (international trade) documentation (e.g. a bill of lading)
 dān zì single Chinese character / word (in a foreign language)
 dān xiàng single phase (elec.)
 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level
 dān liàn unrequited love / one-sided love
 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution
 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar)
 dān rì on a single day
 dān zhāng flyer / leaflet / single-sheet (map etc)
 dān chǎn yield per unit area
 chán yú chanyu (Han Dynasty name for chiefs of Xiongnu Huns 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2])
 dān xíng to come individually / to treat separately / separate edition / one-way traffic
 dān diǎn to order à / la carte / single point (of measurement, mounting etc)
 dān jiàn single bond (chemistry)
 dān yuè monthly / in a single month
 dān mó single mode
 dān yī unlined garment
 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming
 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
 dān cè one-sided / unilateral
 dān gàng bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
 dān zhì simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
 dān jīng monocrystalline
 dān guǐ monorail
 dān jí unipolar / monopole (physics)
 dān jù simple sentence (grammar)
 dān bǎi simple pendulum (physics)
 dān táng monosaccharide
 dān bàn single petal / single valve
 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
 Dān cōng variant of 單叢|单丛[Dan1 cong1]
 Dān cōng a class of oolong tea
 dān fēi a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
 dān gè monochrome
 dān guò to live independently / to live on one's own
 dān hào odd number (on a ticket, house etc)
 dān kù unlined trousers / summer trousers
 dān liàn single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA
 dān lìng separately and exclusively / specially
 dān máng single-blind (scientific experiment)
 dān qīn single parent
 dān shè one-to-one function / injective map (math.)
 dān tàng single trip
 dān tào single set
 dān tiǎo to pick / to choose / to fight a duel / Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1]
 dān tuán ad hoc group (tour group with a customized itinerary)
 dān wěn monostable / single-side stable (relays)
 dān xié unpadded shoes
 dān yì unambiguous / having only one meaning
 dān yòng to use (sth) on its own
 dān yǔ monolingual
 dān yuàn single house (assembly)
 dān zuò mono-cropping
 shàn jīng Shan
 Shàn xiàn Shan county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong
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 dān piàn jī microcontroller / one-chip computer
 dān fāng miàn unilateral
 dān yuán gé (spreadsheet) cell
 dān xíng běn single volume edition / offprint
 dān yǎn pí single eyelid
 dān shēn hàn bachelor / unmarried man
 dān rén chuáng single bed / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 dān xiāng sī one-sided lovesickness / unrequited longing
 dān rén jiān single room (hotel)
 dān xì bāo single-celled (organism) / unicellular
 dān huáng guǎn clarinet
线 dān xíng xiàn one-way road
 dān níng suān tannic acid (loanword)
 dān jiǎo tiào to hop / to jump on one leg
  monochromator
  monoolefin
  tusk / cusk / brosmius / torsk
线  chain network / line network (to keep)
  one-person household
 dān bǎn jī single-board computer
 dān bān kè individual lesson / one-on-one class
 dān bāo zǎo single-celled algae
 dān bèi tǐ haploid (single chromosome)
 dān céng tǎ single-storied pagoda
 dān chē zú cyclist
 dān chún cí (linguistics) single-morpheme word / simple word
 dān fáng chā single supplement (for a hotel room)
 dān fàng jī tape player / video player / (media) player / play-only device
 dān fāng xiàng unidirectional / single-aspect
 dān fǎn jī see 單反相機|单反相机[dan1 fan3 xiang4 ji1]
 dān fēng tuó dromedary
 dān gè r erhua variant of 單個|单个[dan1 ge5]
 dān jiān bāo shoulder bag
 dān jiān chā single supplement (for a hotel room)
 dān lún chē unicycle
 dān sè huà monochrome picture / black and white picture
 dān shēn gǒu (Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
 dān shēn wāng (Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
 dān sù chē single-speed bicycle / fixed-gear bicycle
 dān wèi gēn (math.) root of unity
 dān wèi yào medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance
 dān wèi yuán identity element (math.)
 dān xíng dào one-way street
 dān xì qún monophyly
 dān yī mǎ Unicode / also written 統一碼|统一码
 dān yīn cí monosyllabic word
 dān yīn jié monosyllabic / a monosyllable
 dān yuán fáng apartment
 dān yuán lùn theory of single origin (of mankind)
 dān yuàn zhì unicameralism / single-house system
 dān yùn mǔ simple finals
 dān zǐ yè monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)
 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied
 dān fǎn xiàng jī single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
 dān qīn jiā tíng single parent family
 dān dāo zhí rù to get straight to the point (idiom)
 dān shēn guì zú fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
 dān dāo fù huì lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines
 dān kǒu xiàng shēng comic monologue / one-person comic sketch
  one-tail test
  individual self-defence / self-defence
  done-point calibration
  single-member district
  single rate salary
  single-machine trial / single-machine test
Approximate Results for 单
 jiǎn dān simple / not complicated
 cài dān menu / CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
 míng dān list of names
 dìng dān (purchase) order
 gū dān lone / lonely / loneliness
 qīng dān list of items
 biǎo dān form (document)
 xuǎn dān (software) menu
 bù dān not the only / not merely / not simply
 dìng dān variant of 訂單|订单[ding4 dan1]
 xià dān to place an order / to order / an order (of goods)
 mǎi dān to pay the restaurant bill
 chuáng dān bed sheet / CL:條|条[tiao2],件[jian4],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2]
 bǎo dān guarantee slip
 nán dān men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
 zhàng dān bill / check
 nu:3 dān women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
西 Xī dān Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing
 chuán dān leaflet / flier / pamphlet
 zhàng dān bill
 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility
 tí dān bill of lading
 bèi dān (bed) sheet / envelope for a padded coverlet / CL:床[chuang2]
 fá dān violation ticket / infringement notice
 luò dān to be on one's own / to be left alone / to be left out
 kāi dān to bill / to open a tab
 yùn dān way bill / transport charge
 bào dān a tax declaration form / a tax return
 píng dān bill of warrant (certificate, allowing one to collect money or valuables)
  rooming house
  Blue List
  List of Narcotic Drugs under International Control / Yellow List
  List of Precursors and Chemicals frequently used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances under International Control / Red List
 bǎng dān list of successful applicants for college admission / list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
 gē dān playlist / song sheet
 guà dān see 掛褡|挂褡[gua4 da1]
 huàn dān bill of exchange (international trade)
 huí dān receipt
 jiè dān receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
 jiē dān to take a customer's order / (of a taxi driver) to accept a booking / (of a delivery rider) to accept a delivery job
 jié dān statement of account
 jiǔ dān wine list (in a restaurant etc)
 shī dān list of lost or stolen articles
 shuā dān to generate fake transactions in order to game a commercial online platform (one that rewards users who make numerous transactions)
 tuō dān to find oneself a partner
 yàng dān sample sheet / form / stylesheet (computing)
 zhàn dān cargo receipt / landing account / warehouse or storage receipt / CL:張|张[zhang1]
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 bù jiǎn dān not simple / rather complicated / remarkable / marvelous
 hēi míng dān blacklist
 chéng jì dān school report or transcript
 tōng zhī dān notification / notice / ticket / receipt
 jiǎn dān huà simplification / to simplify
 bǎo xiǎn dān insurance policy (document)
 bào jià dān quotation / price list / written estimate of price
 dìng dān hào order number
 cài dān lán menu bar (computing)
 tí huò dān bill of lading
  issue order
  payroll
  waybill
  change order
  whitelist (n)
  statement
  checklist
  shortlist
  requisition
  purchase order
  propaganda bomb / leaflet bomb
 bái míng dān whitelist
 bào shuì dān to declare to customs or to the taxman
 cài dān tiáo menu bar (of a computer application)
广 chuán dān guǎng advertising leaflet / circular
 cún kuǎn dān certificate of deposit
 dì jī dān unit of area (e.g. 畝|亩[mu3], Chinese acre)
 gǔn chuáng dān (coll.) to have sex
 hóng míng dān whitelist
 huí dān r erhua variant of 回單|回单[hui2 dan1]
 huí zhí dān receipt
 jiǎn dān de briefly / simply
 jiāo kuǎn dān payment slip
 jiè dān r receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
 jiè shū dān book slip
 kāi fá dān to issue an infringement notice
 lǐng liào dān material requisition form
 lu:4 dān zhì molecular chlorine
 nán zǐ dān men's singles (sports)
 shēn bào dān declaration form
 tài dān wèi peptide unit (on protein chain)
 tíng sǔn dān stop-loss order (finance)
 xià dìng dān to place an order (commerce)
 xíng chéng dān (e-ticket) itinerary receipt
 xīn yuàn dān wish list
 xiù dān zhì molecular bromine
 xū dān wèi imaginary
 yà dān wèi subunit
 zhǐ sǔn dān stop-loss order (finance)
 zǒng yùn dān master air waybill (MAWB) (transport)
 shī gōng dān wèi unit in charge of construction / builder
 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure
 jiǎn dān míng liǎo clear and simple / in simple terms
 huò bù dān xíng misfortune does not come singly (idiom) / it never rains but it pours
 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block
 xíng dān yǐng zhī lonely soul / solitary
 tiān wén dān wèi astronomical unit (AU)
 yī dān shí bó thin coat, meager food (idiom) / life of wretched poverty / destitute
  simple signature
  Consolidated List
  organizational unit
  party list
  institutional unit
  load list
  analytical unit
  clean bill of lading
  credit voucher
  cutting unit / setting
  training module
  law-enforcement unit
  British thermal unit
  dosage unit
  manifest
  feed unit
  supporting voucher
  receipt voucher
  processing of vouchers
  load manifest (passengers) / passenger manifest / PAX manifest
  launch manifest
  airway bill
  control list / watch list / stop list
  control list / watch list / stop list
  motor vehicle citation / traffic citation
  mortgage statement
  speakers' list
  releasing office
  blanket purchase order / open-ended contract / standing order;
  constituent units / constituent entities
  ration indent
  POL element
  combat unit
  sub-unit
  sub-unit
  very seriously ill list
  medical element
  negotiable document
  march unit
  certificate of deposit
  security cell
宿  dormitory module
  time unit
  military unit
  security element
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