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单

dān

HSK 3 Character Traditional 單 Measure word 个

What 单 means

1. bill
2. list
3. form
4. single
5. only
6. sole
7. odd number

Other readings

单 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chánused in {单于|chán yú}
• Shànsurname Shan

Example sentences

• 买单。
  Mǎidān.
  The bill, please.
• 简单！
  Easy!
• 我单身。
  I am a bachelor.
• 这是账单。
  Zhè shì zhàngdān.
  Here is the bill.
• 祸不单行。
  Huò bù dānxíng.
  When it rains, it pours.
• 我很孤单。
  I'm lonely.

Words starting with 单

• 单位dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)…
• 单纯dān chúnsimple; pure; unsophisticated
• 单独dān dúalone; by oneself; on one's own
• 单元dān yuánunit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
• 单调dān diàomonotonous
• 单词dān cíword
• 单身dān shēnunmarried; single; alone
• 单一dān yīsingle; only; sole
• 单车dān chē(colloquial) bicycle; bike…
• 单子dān zilist of items; bill; form
• 单单dān dānonly; merely; just
• 单薄dān bóweak; frail; thin
• 单人dān rénone person; single (room, bed etc)
• 单程dān chéngone-way (ticket)
• 单个dān gesingle; alone; individually
• 单项dān xiàngsingle-item
• 单向dān xiàngunidirectional
• 单价dān jiàunit price
• 单方面dān fāng miànunilateral
• 单字dān zìsingle Chinese character; (Taiwan) word (of a foreign language)
• 单据dān jùreceipts; invoices; transaction records
• 单打dān dǎsingles (in sports)
• 单数dān shùpositive odd number (also written 奇数); singular (grammar)
• 单身汉dān shēn hànbachelor; single man

Words containing 单

• 简单jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated
• 菜单cài dānmenu
• 孤单gū dānlone; lonely; loneliness
• 床单chuáng dānbed sheet
• 传单chuán dānleaflet; flier; pamphlet
• 名单míng dānlist of names
• 订单dìng dān(purchase) order
• 清单qīng dānlist of items
• 西单Xī dānXidan neighborhood of central Beijing
• 成绩单chéng jì dānschool report or transcript
• 不简单bù jiǎn dānnot simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous
• 不单bù dānnot the only; not merely; not simply
• 被单bèi dān(bed) sheet; envelope for a padded coverlet
• 黑名单hēi míng dānblacklist
• 账单zhàng dānbill
• 保单bǎo dānguarantee slip
• 男单nán dānmen's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
• 通知单tōng zhī dānnotification; notice; ticket
• 简单化jiǎn dān huàsimplification; to simplify
• 女单nǚ dānwomen's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
• 罚单fá dānviolation ticket; infringement notice
• 下单xià dānto place an order; to order
• 存单cún dāncertificate of deposit
• 提单tí dānbill of lading

Characters that look like 单

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 举jǔto lift; to hold up; to cite
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 卓zhuóoutstanding
• 奉fèngto offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 阜fùabundant; mound

Sounds the same

Read dān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 担to undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 耽to indulge in; to delay
• 丹red; pellet; powder
• 聃ears without rim
• 眈used in 眈眈
• 郸used in place names 邯郸
• 殚entirely; to exhaust
• 砃white stone
• 儋carry
• 酖addicted to liquor
• 箪round basket for cooked rice
• 襌garment without a lining