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

非洲单源说(非洲單源說) single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
滚床单(滾床單) to have sex
单套(單套) single set
推荐书单(推薦書單) reading list
单层塔(單層塔) single-storied pagoda
生产单位(生產單位) production unit
落单(落單) to be on one's own; to be left alone; to be left out
栈单(棧單) a storage receipt
开单(開單) to bill; to open a tab
回执单(回執單) receipt
单质(單質) simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
单轮车(單輪車) unicycle
单月(單月) monthly; in a single month
单键(單鍵) single bond
定单(定單) to place an order for goods
单行线(單行線) one-way road
单细胞(單細胞) single-celled (organism); unicellular
单叶双曲面(單葉雙曲面) hyperboloid of one sheet
单位信托(單位信托) unit trust
单位向量(單位向量) unit vector
单味药(單味藥) medicine made from a single herb; drug made from a single substance
单挑(單挑) to pick; to choose; to fight a duel
单胞藻(單胞藻) single-celled algae
单盲(單盲) single-blind (scientific experiment)
航空运单(航空運單) Air Waybill (AWB)
单速车(單速車) single-speed bicycle; fixed-gear bicycle
单房差(單房差) single supplement (for a hotel room)
单向(單向) unidirectional
单射(單射) one-to-one function; injective map
触发清单(觸發清單) trigger list
单刀赴会(單刀赴會) to go among enemies with only one's sword; to go alone into enemy lines
单链(單鏈) single chain; refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA
单衣(單衣) unlined garment
天文单位(天文單位) astronomy
单元不饱和(單元不飽和) monounsaturated
下单(下單) to place an order; to order; an order (of goods)
单眼(單眼) ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye); one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
单克隆抗体(單克隆抗體) monoclonal antibody
女单(女單) women's singles
单句(單句) simple sentence ; a sentence that does not rhyme
单纯林(單純林) a forest mostly of a single type of tree
单峰驼(單峰駝) dromedary
单班课(單班課) individual lesson; one-on-one class
单身(單身) unmarried; single
粘单(粘單) an attachment in an official communication

Also contained in

词汇单位、单国、简单动词、样单、简单邮递发送协议、单县

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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
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
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
周单 (周單) 周單荼 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說疑第四十四 Chapter 44: Expressing Doubts — count: 3