dān

Sign in to save this word to your study lists.

Definitions

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

Example Sentences

1 shown
“您贵姓?” “免贵姓 。”
Source: Tatoeba.org

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 单

传单
chuán dān

leaflet; flier; pamphlet

名单
míng dān

list of names

单一
dān yī

single

单位
dān wèi

unit (of measure)

单元
dān yuán

unit (forming an entity)

单打
dān dǎ

singles (in sports)

单方面
dān fāng miàn

unilateral

单独
dān dú

alone

单纯
dān chún

simple

单薄
dān bó

weak

单调
dān diào

monotonous

单身
dān shēn

unmarried

单边
dān biān

unilateral

孤单
gū dān

lone

床单
chuáng dān

bed sheet

清单
qīng dān

list of items

简单
jiǎn dān

simple

菜单
cài dān

menu

订单
dìng dān

(purchase) order

账单
zhàng dān

bill

上下文菜单
shàng xià wén cài dān

context menu (computing)

下单
xià dān

to place an order

下订单
xià dìng dān

to place an order (commerce)

不单
bù dān

not the only

不简单
bù jiǎn dān

not simple; rather complicated

亚单位
yà dān wèi

subunit

亚音节单位
yà yīn jié dān wèi

subsyllabic unit

交款单
jiāo kuǎn dān

payment slip

保单
bǎo dān

guarantee slip

保险单
bǎo xiǎn dān

insurance policy (document)

候补名单
hòu bǔ míng dān

waiting list

借单
jiè dān

receipt for a loan

借书单
jiè shū dān

book slip

停损单
tíng sǔn dān

stop-loss order (finance)

全国重点文物保护单位
quán guó zhòng diǎn wén wù bǎo hù dān wèi

Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level

公制单位
gōng zhì dān wèi

metric units

刷单
shuā dān

to generate fake transactions in order to game a commercial online platform (one that rewards users who make numerous transactions)

单一合体字
dān yī hé tǐ zì

unique compound

单一码
dān yī mǎ

Unicode

单一货币
dān yī huò bì

single currency

单于
chán yú

chanyu (Han Dynasty name for chiefs of Xiongnu Huns 匈奴[xiōng nú])

单人
dān rén

one person

单人匹马
dān rén pǐ mǎ

single-handedly (idiom)

单人床
dān rén chuáng

single bed

单人沙发
dān rén shā fā

(upholstered) armchair

单人间
dān rén jiān

single room (hotel)

单位信托
dān wèi xìn tuō

unit trust (finance)

单位元
dān wèi yuán

identity element (math.)

单位切向量
dān wèi qiē xiàng liàng

unit tangent vector (math.)

单位向量
dān wèi xiàng liàng

unit vector (math.)

单位根
dān wèi gēn

(math.) root of unity

单位犯罪
dān wèi fàn zuì

crime committed by an organization

单个
dān ge

single

单倍体
dān bèi tǐ

haploid (single chromosome)

单侧
dān cè

one-sided

单传
dān chuán

to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc)

单价
dān jià

unit price

单元房
dān yuán fáng

apartment

单元格
dān yuán gé

(spreadsheet) cell

单克隆抗体
dān kè lóng kàng tǐ

monoclonal antibody

单兵
dān bīng

(literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements

单刀直入
dān dāo zhí rù

to get straight to the point (idiom)

单刀赴会
dān dāo fù huì

lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)

单反机
dān fǎn jī

see 單反相機|单反相机[dān fǎn xiàng jī]

单反相机
dān fǎn xiàng jī

single-lens reflex camera (SLR)

单丛
dān cōng

a class of oolong tea

单口相声
dān kǒu xiàng shēng

comic monologue

单句
dān jù

simple sentence (grammar)

单另
dān lìng

separately and exclusively

单向
dān xiàng

unidirectional

单向电流
dān xiàng diàn liú

(elec.) unidirectional current

单味药
dān wèi yào

medicine made from a single herb

单单
dān dān

only

单团
dān tuán

ad hoc group (tour group with a customized itinerary)

单套
dān tào

single set

单子
dān zǐ

the only son of a family

单子
dān zi

list of items

单子叶
dān zǐ yè

monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)

单字
dān zì

single Chinese character

单宁酸
dān níng suān

tannic acid (loanword)

单射
dān shè

one-to-one function

单层
dān céng

single layer

单层塔
dān céng tǎ

single-storied pagoda

单峰驼
dān fēng tuó

dromedary

单干
dān gàn

to work on one's own

单张
dān zhāng

flyer

单张汇票
dān zhāng huì piào

sola bill of exchange (international trade)

单意
dān yì

unambiguous

单恋
dān liàn

unrequited love

单房差
dān fáng chā

single supplement (for a hotel room)

单手
dān shǒu

one hand

单打独斗
dān dǎ dú dòu

to fight alone (idiom)

单挑
dān tiǎo

to pick

单击
dān jī

to click (using a mouse or other pointing device)

单据
dān jù

receipts

单摆
dān bǎi

simple pendulum (physics)

单放机
dān fàng jī

tape player

单数
dān shù

positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数)

单方
dān fāng

unilateral

单方向
dān fāng xiàng

unidirectional

单方宣告
dān fāng xuān gào

unilateral declaration

单方恐吓
dān fāng kǒng hè

unilateral threat

单方决定
dān fāng jué dìng

to decide without reference to other parties involved

单方制剂
dān fāng zhì jì

prescribed preparation

单方过失碰撞
dān fāng guò shī pèng zhuàng

collision in which only one party is at fault

单日
dān rì

on a single day

单晶
dān jīng

monocrystalline

单曲
dān qǔ

single (recording industry)

单月
dān yuè

monthly

单板机
dān bǎn jī

single-board computer

单板滑雪
dān bǎn huá xuě

to snowboard

单核细胞
dān hé xì bāo

monocyte

单核细胞增多症
dān hé xì bāo zēng duō zhèng

mononucleosis

单根独苗
dān gēn dú miáo

an only child

单极
dān jí

unipolar

单枪匹马
dān qiāng pǐ mǎ

lit. single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single-handed

单杠
dān gàng

bar

单模
dān mó

single mode

单模光纤
dān mó guāng xiān

single-mode optical fiber

单源多倍体
dān yuán duō bèi tǐ

autopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of single species)

单源论
dān yuán lùn

theory of single origin (of mankind)

单片机
dān piàn jī

microcontroller

单班课
dān bān kè

individual lesson

单瓣
dān bàn

single petal

单产
dān chǎn

yield per unit area

单用
dān yòng

to use (sth) on its own

单盲
dān máng

single-blind (scientific experiment)

单相
dān xiàng

single phase (elec.)

单相思
dān xiāng sī

one-sided lovesickness; unrequited longing

单眼
dān yǎn

ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye)

单眼皮
dān yǎn pí

single eyelid

单程
dān chéng

one-way (ticket)

单稳
dān wěn

monostable

单端孢霉烯类毒素
dān duān bāo méi xī lèi dú sù

trichothecenes (TS, T-2)

单端孢霉烯类毒素中毒症
dān duān bāo méi xī lèi dú sù zhōng dú zhèng

trichothecenes toxicosis

单簧管
dān huáng guǎn

clarinet

单糖
dān táng

monosaccharide

单纯疱疹
dān chún pào zhěn

herpes simplex (med.)

单纯疱疹病毒
dān chún pào zhěn bìng dú

herpes simplex virus (HSV, med.)

单纯词
dān chún cí

(linguistics) single-morpheme word

单细胞
dān xì bāo

(of an organism) single-celled; unicellular

单细胞生物
dān xì bāo shēng wù

single-celled organism

单丝不成线,独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín

one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)

单县
shàn xiàn

Shan county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[hé zé], Shandong

单翼飞机
dān yì fēi jī

monoplane

单肩包
dān jiān bāo

shoulder bag

单胞藻
dān bāo zǎo

single-celled algae

单脚跳
dān jiǎo tiào

to hop

单色
dān sè

monochrome

单色照片
dān sè zhào piàn

monochrome photo

单色画
dān sè huà

monochrome picture

单叶双曲面
dān yè shuāng qū miàn

hyperboloid of one sheet (math.)

单号
dān hào

odd number (on a ticket, house etc)

单行
dān xíng

to come individually

单行本
dān xíng běn

single volume edition

单行线
dān xíng xiàn

one-way road

单行道
dān xíng dào

one-way street

单衣
dān yī

unlined garment

单裤
dān kù

unlined trousers

单亲
dān qīn

single parent

单亲家庭
dān qīn jiā tíng

single parent family

单词
dān cí

word

单词产生器模型
dān cí chǎn shēng qì mó xíng

logogen model

单语
dān yǔ

monolingual

单调乏味
dān diào fá wèi

monotonous

单证
dān zhèng

(international trade) documentation (e.g. a bill of lading)

单质
dān zhì

simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)

单趟
dān tàng

single trip

单身汪
dān shēn wāng

(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)

单身汉
dān shēn hàn

bachelor

单身狗
dān shēn gǒu

(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)

单身贵族
dān shēn guì zú

fig. unmarried person

单车
dān chē

(coll.) bike; bicycle (esp. bike-share bicycle)

单车族
dān chē zú

cyclist

单轨
dān guǐ

monorail

单轮车
dān lún chē

unicycle

单速车
dān sù chē

single-speed bicycle; fixed-gear bicycle

单连接站
dān lián jiē zhàn

single attachment station (telecommunications)

单过
dān guò

to live independently

单边主义
dān biān zhǔ yì

unilateralism

单铬
dān gè

monochrome

单键
dān jiàn

single bond (chemistry)

单链
dān liàn

single chain

单镜反光相机
dān jìng fǎn guāng xiàng jī

single-lens reflex camera (SLR)

单间差
dān jiān chā

single supplement (for a hotel room)

单院制
dān yuàn zhì

unicameralism

单非
dān fēi

a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen

单鞋
dān xié

unpadded shoes

单音节
dān yīn jié

monosyllabic

单音词
dān yīn cí

monosyllabic word

单韵母
dān yùn mǔ

simple finals

单项
dān xiàng

single-item

单体
dān tǐ

monomer (chemistry)

单点
dān diǎn

to order à la carte

单点故障
dān diǎn gù zhàng

single point of failure

单点登录
dān diǎn dēng lù

single sign-on (SSO)

回单
huí dān

receipt

回执单
huí zhí dān

receipt

国际单位
guó jì dān wèi

international unit

国际单位制
guó jì dān wèi zhì

International System of Units