Chinese Notes

单 (單) dān

dān noun bill; slip of paper; form
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: (FE dān '單' 5; GHDC dān '单' 7)
dān adjective single
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 一个 (CCD dān '单' 1; FE dān '單' 1; GHDC dān '单' 1; Kroll 2015 '單' 1, p. 75; Unihan '單')
shàn proper noun Shan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD shàn '单' 2; FE shàn '單'; GHDC shàn '单' 2)
chán noun chieftain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially of the Xiongnu people in historic times (CCD chán '单'; ; FE chán '單'; GHDC chán '单')
dān adjective poor; impoverished
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '單' 2b, p. 75)
dān verb to deplete; to exhaust
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '單' 3, p. 75)
dān adjective odd
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
Notes: In the sense of 奇数 'odd number' (CCD dān '单' 2; FE dān '單' 4; GHDC dān '单' 2)
dān adjective lone
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 单独 (CCD dān '单' 3; FE dān '單' 2; GHDC dān '单' 1; Unihan '單')
dān adverb only
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 只 (CCD dān '单' 4; FE dān '單' 2; GHDC dān '单' 3)
dān adjective few
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 少 (CCD dān '单' 5; Kroll 2015 '單' 2a, p. 75)
dān adjective weak; thin
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 薄弱 (CCD dān '单' 6; GHDC dān '单' 6; Kroll 2015 '單' 2, p. 75)
dān adjective unlined
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of clothing (CCD dān '单' 7; GHDC dān '单' 4; Kroll 2015 '單' 1a, p. 75)
dān noun a sheet
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 单子 (CCD dān '单' 8)
dān noun a list of names; a list
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 名单 (CCD dān '单' 9; FE dān '單' 6)
shàn proper noun Shan County
Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: China , Concept: County 县
Notes: In Shandong (CCD shàn '单' 1; GHDC shàn '单' 1)
dān adjective simple
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 简单 (FE dān '單' 3; GHDC dān '单' 5)
dān noun a meditation mat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC dān '单' 9)

Contained in

心愿单(心願單) wish list
抄单(抄單) a copy of a document
单调乏味(單調乏味) monotonous; dull; tedious
重量单位(重量單位) unit of weight
脑筋简单(腦筋簡單) simple minded
借单(借單) receipt for a loan; written confirmation of a debt; IOU
单号(單號) odd number
单模光纤(單模光纖) single mode fiber
单边(單邊) unilateral
单身(單身) unmarried; single
单方向(單方向) unidirectional; single-aspect
单院制(單院制) unicameralism; single-house system
单引号(單引號) a single quotation mark
单身汪(單身汪) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
祸不单行(禍不單行) misfortune does not come singly; it never rains but it pours
单方决定(單方決定) to decide without reference to other parties involved; unilateral decision
单程(單程) one-way (ticket)
单镜反光相机(單鏡反光相機) single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
航空运单(航空運單) Air Waybill (AWB)
简单地说(簡單地說) to put it simply; simply put
单枪匹马(單槍匹馬) single spear and horse; single-handed; unaccompanied
简单化(簡單化) to simplify
形单影只(形單影隻) lonely soul; solitary
氯单质(氯單質) molecular chlorine
单瓣(單瓣) single petal; single valve
单元房(單元房) apartment
单细胞的微生物(單細胞的微生物) a single-celled microorganism
单人旁(單人旁) name of Kangxi radical 9
单眼(單眼) ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye); one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
单元格(單元格) (spreadsheet) cell
单丛(單叢) a class of oolong tea
单眼皮(單眼皮) single eyelid
非洲单源说(非洲單源說) single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
单源论(單源論) theory of single origin (of mankind)
被单(被單) (bed) sheet; envelope for a padded coverlet
单车族(單車族) cyclist
账目单(賬目單) an invoice
单连接站(單連接站) single attachment station (telecommunications)
单质(單質) simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
成单(成單) to place an order for goods
单人床(單人床) single bed
停损单(停損單) stop order
保单(保單) guarantee slip
单句(單句) simple sentence ; a sentence that does not rhyme
单词产生器模型(單詞產生器模型) logogen model
刷单(刷單) to generate fake transactions in order to game a commercial online platform (one that rewards users who make numerous transactions)

Also contained in

菜单条、单板机、单击、单县、单片机

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Collocations

田单 (田單) 田單以即墨有功 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 33
单伯 (單伯) 單伯送王姬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 29
单父 (單父) 宓子賤治單父 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 28
单阏 (單閼) 歲名曰單閼 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 13
单襄公 (單襄公) 單襄公如晉拜成 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 9
治单 (治單) 宓子賤治單父 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 7
执单 (執單) 齊人執單伯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
咎单 (咎單) 咎單作 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 4
单氏 (單氏) 盟群王子于單氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
单遂 (單遂) 咎單遂訓伊尹事 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書咸有一德 Shang Shu - Common Possession of Pure Virtue — count: 3