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单身

dān shēn

2-character word Traditional 單身

What 单身 means

1. unmarried; single
2. alone

The characters in 单身

• 单dānbill; list; form
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself

Example sentences

• 我单身。
  I am a bachelor.
• 你是单身吗？
  Nǐ shì dān shēn ma?
  Are you a bachelor?
• 我还是单身。
  I'm still single.
• 我大兄单身。
  My oldest brother is single.
• 我们都单身。
  We're all single.
• 我怀疑汤姆是单身。
  Wǒ huáiyí Tāngmǔ shì dānshēn.
  I doubt if Tom is single.

Words starting with 单身

• 单身汉dān shēn hànbachelor; single man
• 单身贵族dān shēn guì zúfig. unmarried person; single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
• 单身狗dān shēn gǒu(net slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
• 单身汪dān shēn wāng(net slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)

Words containing 单身

• 母胎单身mǔ tāi dān shēnnever been in a romantic relationship

Sounds the same

Read dān shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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