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单
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Definitions
- 1. bill
- 2. list
- 3. form
- 4. single
- 5. only
- 6. sole
- 7. odd number
Example Sentences
1 shown“您贵姓？” “免贵姓 单 。”
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 单
simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
monocyte
unilateral threat
form (document)
men's singles (sports)
individual lesson
to live independently
expense claim form
molecular bromine
insurance policy (document)
waiting list
statement of account
material requisition form
single phase (elec.)
Simple Network Management Protocol
to click (using a mouse or other pointing device)
bachelor
cargo receipt
work unit
unilateral
single room (hotel)
sample sheet; form
certificate of deposit
unicameralism
mononucleosis
modular unit
to snowboard
to accept without question
single (recording industry)
herpes simplex (med.)
single trip
unit (of measure)
to work on one's own
Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing
women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
order number
astronomical unit (AU)
lone
only
single-board computer
(coll.) bike; bicycle (esp. bike-share bicycle)
violation ticket
to take a customer's order
unidirectional
an only child
leaflet; flier; pamphlet
unit of area (e.g. 畝|亩[mǔ], Chinese acre)
(literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
one person
to place an order
hyperboloid of one sheet (math.)
menu bar (of a computer application)
to dine and dash
bed sheet
ad hoc group (tour group with a customized itinerary)
unit price
unmarried
singles (in sports)
to order à la carte
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
(math.) root of unity
receipt
menu
monochrome picture
quotation
unilateralism
to use (sth) on its own
receipts
short list
haploid (single chromosome)
bank statement
unipolar
production unit
word
trigger list
monostable
one hand
affiliated unit
a tax declaration form
simple
logogen model
single supplement (for a hotel room)
monthly
monolingual
single
single-celled organism
basic unit
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
single parent
single-celled algae
unit trust (finance)
whitelist and blacklist, i.e. 紅名單|红名单[hóng míng dān] and 黑名單|黑名单[hēi míng dān]
identity element (math.)
Air Waybill (AWB)
(international trade) documentation (e.g. a bill of lading)
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
unlined trousers
(upholstered) armchair
finite element (method)
monotonous
list of successful applicants for college admission
bill of lading
Pseudomonas pseudomallei
apartment
one-way street
single parent family
bar
monocrystalline
unilateral declaration
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
unit tangent vector (math.)
to find oneself a partner
lit. single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single-handed
single petal
unicycle
monosyllabic word
men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
Unicode
International System of Units
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)
bill of exchange (international trade)
to issue an infringement notice
Shan county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[hé zé], Shandong
the only son of a family
simple pendulum (physics)
yield per unit area
wine list (in a restaurant etc)
(software) menu
single bond (chemistry)
(purchase) order
all brawn no brains
herpes simplex virus (HSV, med.)
theory of single origin (of mankind)
collision in which only one party is at fault
simple sentence (grammar)
unique compound
see 掛褡|挂褡[guà dā]
to come individually
one-to-one function
fig. unmarried person
one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
single currency
single mode
international unit
trichothecenes toxicosis
on a single day
unit vector (math.)
to hop
(bed) sheet
Mobike, operator of an app-driven bicycle-rental business in China, established in 2015
to decide without reference to other parties involved
single attachment station (telecommunications)
to get straight to the point (idiom)
single-speed bicycle; fixed-gear bicycle
odd number (on a ticket, house etc)
stop-loss order (finance)
single-mode optical fiber
oversimplification
thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
to be all alone by oneself
unlined garment
crime committed by an organization
(e-ticket) itinerary receipt
unrequited love
single-storied pagoda
weak
unit of weight
to pay the restaurant bill
single layer
unit in charge of construction
monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)
single point of failure
single-handedly (idiom)
guarantee slip
context menu (computing)
chanyu (Han Dynasty name for chiefs of Xiongnu Huns 匈奴[xiōng nú])
single bed
one-way road
unpadded shoes
autopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of single species)
playlist
cyclist
monotonous
dromedary
(linguistics) single-morpheme word
single sign-on (SSO)
receipt for a loan
way bill
single-item
metric units
one-way (ticket)
single
to fight alone (idiom)
monoclonal antibody
one-sided
tannic acid (loanword)
see 單反相機|单反相机[dān fǎn xiàng jī]
unilateral
unit of length
to place an order (commerce)
(of an organism) single-celled; unicellular
unambiguous
wish list
single volume edition
clarinet
single chain
monorail
unidirectional
to pick
ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye)
blacklist
misfortune does not come singly (idiom)
simplification
bill of warrant (certificate, allowing one to collect money or valuables)
monochrome photo
monochrome
list of items
subsyllabic unit
trichothecenes (TS, T-2)
monosyllabic
separately and exclusively
not the only
school report or transcript
medicine made from a single herb
lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
microcontroller
monomer (chemistry)
unilateral
notification
bill
to put it simply; simply put
bill of lading
tape player
Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level
monoplane
whitelist
(spreadsheet) cell
alone
single supplement (for a hotel room)
single eyelid
flyer
declaration form
shoulder bag
single-blind (scientific experiment)
one-sided lovesickness; unrequited longing
comic monologue
to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc)
single Chinese character
stop-loss order (finance)
subunit
unit (forming an entity)
to be on one's own
monochrome
(elec.) unidirectional current
simple finals
simple
monosaccharide
list of lost or stolen articles
a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
see 水上摩托車|水上摩托车[shuǐ shàng mó tuō chē]
book slip
to generate fake transactions in order to game a commercial online platform (one that rewards users who make numerous transactions)
administrative unit (e.g. province 省[shěng], prefecture 地區|地区[dì qū] or county 縣|县[xiàn])
prescribed preparation
peptide unit (on protein chain)
(idiom) lonely soul; solitary
positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数)
not simple; rather complicated
menu bar (computing)
thermal unit
never been in a romantic relationship
list of names
receipt
magnetic monopole
to declare to customs or to the taxman
to bill
clear and simple
single set
single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
bill
molecular chlorine
payment slip
master air waybill (MAWB) (transport)
list of items
unit of volume
(coll.) to have sex
sola bill of exchange (international trade)
a class of oolong tea