單〔单〕 daan¹ {dān}

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

單〔单〕 daan¹ {Shàn}

surname Shan

單丁〔单-〕 daan¹ ding¹ {dān dīng}

one person; one who is alone

單調〔单调〕 daan¹ diu⁶ {dān diào}

(adjective) Samey

單係〔单系〕 daan¹ hai⁶ {dān xì}

only (spoken)

單靠〔单-〕 daan¹ kaau³ {dān kào}

only relying on

單襟〔单-〕 daan¹ kam¹ {dān jīn}

single-breasted

單利〔单-〕 daan¹ lei⁶ {dān lì}

simple interest

單料〔单-〕 daan¹ liu² {dān liào}

one news; a list; thin

單聲〔单声〕 daan¹ seng¹ {dān shēng}

1. give me a signal or notification 2. single audio channel

單拖〔单-〕 daan¹ to¹ {dān tuō}

being single (relationship)

單位〔单-〕 daan¹ wai² {dān wèi}

(noun) apartment

單擺〔单摆〕 daan¹ baai² {dān bǎi}

simple pendulum (physics)

單邊〔单边〕 daan¹ bin¹ {dān biān}

unilateral

單薄〔单-〕 daan¹ bok⁶ {dān bó}

1. weak
2. frail
3. thin
4. flimsy

單親〔单亲〕 daan¹ can¹ {dān qīn}

single parent

單層〔单层〕 daan¹ cang⁴ {dān céng}

1. single layer
2. single story
3. single deck
4. single level

單車〔单车〕 daan¹ ce¹ {dān chē}

1. (coll.) bicycle
2. bike

單詞〔单词〕 daan¹ ci⁴ {dān cí}

1. word
2. CL: 個

單程〔单-〕 daan¹ cing⁴ {dān chéng}

one way (ticket)

單叢〔单丛〕 daan¹ cung⁴ {Dān cōng}

a class of Oolong tea

單打〔单-〕 daan¹ daa² {dān dǎ}

1. singles (in sports)
2. CL: 場

單單〔单单〕 daan¹ daan¹ {dān dān}

1. only
2. merely
3. just

單點〔单点〕 daan¹ dim² {dān diǎn}

à la carte

單調〔单调〕 daan¹ diu⁶ {dān diào}

monotonous

單獨〔单独〕 daan¹ duk⁶ {dān dú}

1. alone
2. by oneself
3. on one's own

單瓣〔单-〕 daan¹ faan⁶ {dān bàn}

1. single petal
2. single valve

單非〔单-〕 daan¹ fei¹ {dān fēi}

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

單方〔单-〕 daan¹ fong¹ {dān fāng}

1. unilateral
2. one-sided
3. home remedy
4. folk prescription(same as 丹方)
5. single-drug prescription (same as 奇方, one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方)
6. metaphorically. a good solution

單褲〔单裤〕 daan¹ fu³ {dān kù}

1. unlined trousers
2. summer trousers

單價〔单价〕 daan¹ gaa³ {dān jià}

price of item

單句〔单-〕 daan¹ geoi³ {dān jù}

simple sentence (grammar)

單據〔单据〕 daan¹ geoi³ {dān jù}

1. receipts
2. invoices
3. transaction records

單擊〔单击〕 daan¹ gik¹ {dān jī}

to click (using a mouse or other pointing device)

單極〔单极〕 daan¹ gik⁶ {dān jí}

1. unipolar
2. monopole (physics)

單鍵〔单键〕 daan¹ gin⁶ {dān jiàn}

single bond (chemistry)

單個〔单个〕 daan¹ go³ {dān ge}

1. single
2. alone
3. individually
4. an odd one

單鉻〔单铬〕 daan¹ gok³ {dān gè}

monochrome

單幹〔单干〕 daan¹ gon³ {dān gàn}

1. to work on one's own
2. to work single-handed
3. individual farming

單槓〔单杠〕 daan¹ gong³ {dān gàng}

1. bar
2. bold line
3. horizontal bar (gymnastics event)

單軌〔单轨〕 daan¹ gwai² {dān guǐ}

single track

單過〔单过〕 daan¹ gwo³ {dān guò}

1. to live independently
2. to live on one's own

單鞋〔单-〕 daan¹ haai⁴ {dān xié}

unpadded shoes

單行〔单-〕 daan¹ hang⁴ {dān xíng}

1. to come individually
2. to treat separately
3. separate edition
4. one-way traffic

單向〔单-〕 daan¹ hoeng³ {dān xiàng}

uni-directional

單項〔单项〕 daan¹ hong⁶ {dān xiàng}

single-item

單號〔单号〕 daan¹ hou⁶ {dān hào}

odd number (on a ticket, house etc)

單人〔单-〕 daan¹ jan⁴ {dān rén}

single person

單一〔单-〕 daan¹ jat¹ {dān yī}

1. single
2. only
3. sole

單日〔单-〕 daan¹ jat⁶ {dān rì}

on a single day

單衣〔单-〕 daan¹ ji¹ {dān yī}

unlined garment

單意〔单-〕 daan¹ ji³ {dān yì}

1. unambiguous
2. having only one meaning

單用〔单-〕 daan¹ jung⁶ {dān yòng}

to use (sth) on its own

單語〔单语〕 daan¹ jyu⁵ {dān yǔ}

monolingual

單元〔单-〕 daan¹ jyun⁴ {dān yuán}

1. unit (forming an entity)
2. element
3. (in a residential building) entrance or staircase

單月〔单-〕 daan¹ jyut⁶ {dān yuè}

1. monthly
2. in a single month

單曲〔单-〕 daan¹ kuk¹ {dān qǔ}

single (music)

單鏈〔单链〕 daan¹ lin⁶ {dān liàn}

1. single chain
2. refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA

單戀〔单恋〕 daan¹ lyun² {dān liàn}

1. unrequited love
2. one-sided love

單盲〔单-〕 daan¹ maang⁴ {dān máng}

single-blind (scientific experiment)

單模〔单-〕 daan¹ mou⁴ {dān mó}

single mode

單眼〔单-〕 daan¹ ngaan⁵ {dān yǎn}

ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye)

單身〔单-〕 daan¹ san¹ {dān shēn}

1. unmarried
2. single

單手〔单-〕 daan¹ sau² {dān shǒu}

1. one hand
2. single-handed

單射〔单-〕 daan¹ se⁶ {dān shè}

1. one-to-one function
2. injective map (math.)

單純〔单纯〕 daan¹ seon⁴ {dān chún}

1. simple
2. pure
3. unsophisticated
4. merely
5. purely

單色〔单-〕 daan¹ sik¹ {dān sè}

1. monochrome
2. monochromatic
3. black and white

單相〔单-〕 daan¹ soeng¹ {dān xiàng}

single phase (elec.)

單數〔单数〕 daan¹ sou³ {dān shù}

1. positive odd number (also written 奇數)
2. singular (grammar)

單體〔单体〕 daan¹ tai² {dān tǐ}

monomer

單挑〔单-〕 daan¹ tiu¹ {dān tiāo}

1. to pick
2. to choose
3. to fight a duel

單趟〔单-〕 daan¹ tong³ {dān tàng}

single trip

單糖〔单-〕 daan¹ tong⁴ {dān táng}

monosaccharide

單套〔单-〕 daan¹ tou³ {dān tào}

single set

單位〔单-〕 daan¹ wai² {dān wèi}

1. unit (of measure)
2. unit (group of people as a whole)
3. work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
4. CL: 個

單側〔单侧〕 daan¹ zak¹ {dān cè}

1. one-sided
2. unilateral

單質〔单质〕 daan¹ zat¹ {dān zhì}

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

單子〔单-〕 daan¹ zi² {dān zi}

1. list of items
2. bill
3. form
4. bedsheet

單子〔单-〕 daan¹ zi² {dān zǐ}

1. the only son of a family
2. (functional programming or philosophy) monad

單字〔单-〕 daan¹ zi⁶ {dān zì}

1. single Chinese character
2. word (in a foreign language)

單晶〔单-〕 daan¹ zing¹ {dān jīng}

monocrystalline

單證〔单证〕 daan¹ zing³ {dān zhèng}

documentation

單于〔单-〕 sin⁴ jyu⁴ {chán yú}

chanyu (Han Dynasty name for chiefs of Xiongnu Huns 匈奴)

單縣〔单县〕 sin⁶ jyun⁶ {Shàn xiàn}

Shan county in Heze 菏澤, Shandong

單車泵〔单车-〕 daan¹ ce¹ bam¹ {dān chē bèng}

bicycle tyre pumps

單車徑〔单车径〕 daan¹ ce¹ ging³ {dān chē jìng}

cycling path

單程路〔单--〕 daan¹ cing⁴ lou⁶ {dān chéng lù}

one-way roads

單打一〔单--〕 daan¹ daa² jat¹ {dān dǎ yī}

single-minded

單單彳〔单单-〕 daan¹ daan¹ cik¹ {dān dān chì}

lonely; single

單對單〔单对单〕 daan¹ deoi³ daan¹ {dān duì dān}

one on one; one player vs one player

單吊西〔单--〕 daan¹ diu³ sai¹ {dān diào xī}

suit jacket (spoken)

單項式〔单项-〕 daan¹ hong⁶ sik¹ {dān xiàng shì}

monomial

單孔目〔单--〕 daan¹ hung² muk⁶ {dān kǒng mù}

Monotremata

單人房〔单--〕 daan¹ jan⁴ fong² {dān rén fáng}

single room (hotel)

單引號〔单-号〕 daan¹ jan⁵ hou⁶ {dān yǐn hào}

single quotation marks

單企人〔单--〕 daan¹ kei⁵ jan⁴ {dān qǐ rén}

Chinese radical, which represents human, a single person side-radical

單眼簷〔单-檐〕 daan¹ ngaan⁵ jam⁴ {dān yǎn yán}

Single eyelid

單眼仔〔单--〕 daan¹ ngaan⁵ zai² {dān yǎn zǐ}

single-eyed boy, which often refers to a cartoon character Mike from Monster, Inc.

單立文〔单--〕 sin⁶ lap⁶ man⁴ {dān lì wén}

Pal Sinn, name of an actor

單班課〔单-课〕 daan¹ baan¹ fo³ {dān bān kè}

1. individual lesson
2. one-on-one class

單板機〔单-机〕 daan¹ baan² gei¹ {dān bǎn jī}

single-board computer

單胞藻〔单--〕 daan¹ baau¹ zou² {dān bāo zǎo}

single-celled algae

單層塔〔单层-〕 daan¹ cang⁴ taap³ {dān céng tǎ}

single storied pagoda

單速車〔单-车〕 daan¹ cuk¹ ce¹ {dān sù chē}

1. single-speed bicycle
2. fixed-gear bicycle

單方向〔单--〕 daan¹ fong¹ hoeng³ {dān fāng xiàng}

1. unidirectional
2. single-aspect

單方面〔单--〕 daan¹ fong¹ min⁶ {dān fāng miàn}

unilateral

單放機〔单-机〕 daan¹ fong³ gei¹ {dān fàng jī}

1. tape player
2. video player
3. (media) player
4. play-only device

單房差〔单--〕 daan¹ fong⁴ caa¹ {dān fáng chā}

single person supplement (for a hotel room etc)

單峰駝〔单-驼〕 daan¹ fung¹ to⁴ {dān fēng tuó}

dromedary

單肩包〔单--〕 daan¹ gin¹ baau¹ {dān jiān bāo}

shoulder bag

單腳跳〔单脚-〕 daan¹ goek³ tiu³ {dān jiǎo tiào}

1. to hop
2. to jump on one leg

單行道〔单--〕 daan¹ hang⁴ dou⁶ {dān xíng dào}

one way street

單行線〔单-线〕 daan¹ hang⁴ sin³ {dān xíng xiàn}

one-way road

單行本〔单--〕 daan¹ hong⁴ bun² {dān xíng běn}

1. single volume edition
2. offprint

單音詞〔单-词〕 daan¹ jam¹ ci⁴ {dān yīn cí}

monosyllabic word

單音節〔单-节〕 daan¹ jam¹ zit³ {dān yīn jié}

1. monosyllabic
2. a monosyllable

單人床〔单--〕 daan¹ jan⁴ cong⁴ {dān rén chuáng}

1. single bed
2. CL: 張

單人間〔单-间〕 daan¹ jan⁴ gaan¹ {dān rén jiān}

single room (hotel)

單一碼〔单-码〕 daan¹ jat¹ maa⁵ {dān yī mǎ}

1. Unicode
2. also written 統一碼

單院制〔单--〕 daan¹ jyun² zai³ {dān yuàn zhì}

1. unicameralism
2. single-house system

單元房〔单--〕 daan¹ jyun⁴ fong² {dān yuán fáng}

apartment

單元格〔单--〕 daan¹ jyun⁴ gaak² {dān yuán gé}

(spreadsheet) cell

單源論〔单-论〕 daan¹ jyun⁴ leon⁶ {dān yuán lùn}

theory of single origin (of mankind)

單輪車〔单轮车〕 daan¹ leon⁴ ce¹ {dān lún chē}

unicycle

單味藥〔单-药〕 daan¹ mei⁶ joek⁶ {dān wèi yào}

1. medicine made from a single herb
2. drug made from a single substance

單眼皮〔单--〕 daan¹ ngaan⁵ pei⁴ {dān yǎn pí}

single eyelid

單寧酸〔单宁-〕 daan¹ ning⁴ syun¹ {dān níng suān}

tannic acid (loanword)

單片機〔单-机〕 daan¹ pin³ gei¹ {dān piàn jī}

1. microcontroller
2. one-chip computer

單倍體〔单-体〕 daan¹ pui⁵ tai² {dān bèi tǐ}

haploid (single chromosome)

單細胞〔单细-〕 daan¹ sai³ baau¹ {dān xì bāo}

1. single-celled (organism)
2. unicellular

單身漢〔单-汉〕 daan¹ san¹ hon³ {dān shēn hàn}

1. bachelor
2. unmarried man

單純詞〔单纯词〕 daan¹ seon⁴ ci⁴ {dān chún cí}

1. (linguistics) single-morpheme word
2. simple word

單色畫〔单-画〕 daan¹ sik¹ waa² {dān sè huà}

1. monochrome picture
2. black and white picture

單相思〔单--〕 daan¹ soeng¹ si¹ {dān xiāng sī}

1. one-sided lovesickness
2. unrequited longing

單位根〔单--〕 daan¹ wai² gan¹ {dān wèi gēn}

root of unity

單位元〔单--〕 daan¹ wai² jyun⁴ {dān wèi yuán}

identity element (math.)

單韻母〔单韵-〕 daan¹ wan⁵ mou⁵ {dān yùn mǔ}

simple finals

單簧管〔单--〕 daan¹ wong⁴ gun² {dān huáng guǎn}

clarinet

單子葉〔单-叶〕 daan¹ zi² jip⁶ {dān zǐ yè}

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

單單打打〔单单--〕 daan¹ daan¹ daa² daa² {dān dān dǎ dǎ}

to criticize implicitly

單軌鐵路〔单轨铁-〕 daan¹ gwai² tit³ lou⁶ {dān guǐ tiě lù}

monorail

單料銅煲〔单-铜-〕 daan¹ liu² tung⁴ bou¹ {dān liào tóng bāo}

very very thin copper pot

單身寡佬〔单---〕 daan¹ san¹ gwaa² lou² {dān shēn guǎ lǎo}

(noun) a single man; a bachelor

單身寡仔〔单---〕 daan¹ san¹ gwaa² zai² {dān shēn guǎ zǐ}

single male (slang)

單手獨拳〔单-独-〕 daan¹ sau² duk⁶ kyun⁴ {dān shǒu dú quán}

single hand and lonely fist, it means someone is alone and does not have a helping hand

單板滑雪〔单---〕 daan¹ baan² waat⁶ syut³ {dān bǎn huá xuě}

to snowboard

單邊主義〔单边-义〕 daan¹ bin¹ zyu² ji⁶ {dān biān zhǔ yì}

unilateralism

單親家庭〔单亲--〕 daan¹ can¹ gaa¹ ting⁴ {dān qīn jiā tíng}

single parent family

單槍匹馬〔单枪-马〕 daan¹ coeng¹ pat¹ maa⁵ {dān qiāng pǐ mǎ}

1. lit. single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single handed
2. unaccompanied

單打獨鬥〔单-独斗〕 daan¹ daa² duk⁶ dau³ {dān dǎ dú dòu}

to fight alone (idiom)

單調乏味〔单调--〕 daan¹ diu⁶ fat⁶ mei⁶ {dān diào fá wèi}

1. monotonous
2. dull
3. tedious (idiom)

單刀赴會〔单--会〕 daan¹ dou¹ fu⁶ wui⁶ {dān dāo fù huì}

1. lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
2. fig. to go alone into enemy lines

單刀直入〔单---〕 daan¹ dou¹ zik⁶ jap⁶ {dān dāo zhí rù}

to get straight to the point (idiom)

單反相機〔单--机〕 daan¹ faan² soeng² gei¹ {dān fǎn xiàng jī}

single-lens reflex camera (SLR)

單方恐嚇〔单--吓〕 daan¹ fong¹ hung² haak³ {dān fāng kǒng hè}

unilateral threat

單方決定〔单-决-〕 daan¹ fong¹ kyut³ ding⁶ {dān fāng jué dìng}

1. to decide without reference to other parties involved
2. unilateral decision

單方宣告〔单---〕 daan¹ fong¹ syun¹ gou³ {dān fāng xuān gào}

unilateral declaration

單方製劑〔单-制剂〕 daan¹ fong¹ zai³ zai¹ {dān fāng zhì jì}

prescribed preparation

單根獨苗〔单-独-〕 daan¹ gan¹ duk⁶ miu⁴ {dān gēn dú miáo}

an only child

單核細胞〔单-细-〕 daan¹ hat⁶ sai³ baau¹ {dān hé xì bāo}

1. monocyte
2. mononuclear cell

單口相聲〔单--声〕 daan¹ hau² soeng³ sing¹ {dān kǒu xiàng shēng}

1. comic monologue
2. one-person comic sketch

單向電流〔单-电-〕 daan¹ hoeng³ din⁶ lau⁴ {dān xiàng diàn liú}

1. direct current (elec.)
2. also written 直流

單一貨幣〔单-货币〕 daan¹ jat¹ fo³ bai⁶ {dān yī huò bì}

single currency

單翼飛機〔单-飞机〕 daan¹ jik⁶ fei¹ gei¹ {dān yì fēi jī}

monoplane

單連接站〔单连--〕 daan¹ lin⁴ zip³ zaam⁶ {dān lián jiē zhàn}

single attachment station (telecommunications)

單模光纖〔单--纤〕 daan¹ mou⁴ gwong¹ cim¹ {dān mó guāng xiān}

single mode fiber

單眼相機〔单--机〕 daan¹ ngaan⁵ soeng² gei¹ {dān yǎn xiàng jī}

single-lens reflex camera (Tw)

單身貴族〔单-贵-〕 daan¹ san¹ gwai³ zuk⁶ {dān shēn guì zú}

1. fig. unmarried person
2. single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)

單純皰疹〔单纯疱-〕 daan¹ seon⁴ paau³ can² {dān chún pào zhěn}

herpes simplex (med.)

單色照片〔单---〕 daan¹ sik¹ ziu³ pin² {dān sè zhào piàn}

1. monochrome photo
2. black and white picture

單位犯罪〔单---〕 daan¹ wai² faan⁶ zeoi⁶ {dān wèi fàn zuì}

crime committed by an organization

單位向量〔单---〕 daan¹ wai² hoeng³ loeng⁶ {dān wèi xiàng liàng}

unit vector

單位信托〔单---〕 daan¹ wai² seon³ tok³ {dān wèi xìn tuō}

unit trust (finance)

單克隆抗體〔单---体〕 daan¹ hak¹ lung⁴ kong³ tai² {dān kè lóng kàng tǐ}

monoclonal antibody

單一合體字〔单--体-〕 daan¹ jat¹ hap⁶ tai² zi⁶ {dān yī hé tǐ zì}

unique compound

單葉雙曲面〔单叶双--〕 daan¹ jip⁶ soeng¹ kuk¹ min⁶ {dān yè shuāng qū miàn}

hyperboloid of one sheet (math.)

單源多倍體〔单---体〕 daan¹ jyun⁴ do¹ pui⁵ tai² {dān yuán duō bèi tǐ}

autopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of single species)

單細胞生物〔单细---〕 daan¹ sai³ baau¹ sang¹ mat⁶ {dān xì bāo shēng wù}

single-celled organism

單位切向量〔单----〕 daan¹ wai² cit³ hoeng³ loeng⁶ {dān wèi qiē xiàng liàng}

unit tangent vector

單方過失碰撞〔单-过---〕 daan¹ fong¹ gwo³ sat¹ pung³ zong⁶ {dān fāng guò shī pèng zhuàng}

collision in which only one party is at fault

單鏡反光相機〔单镜---机〕 daan¹ geng³ faan² gwong¹ soeng³ gei¹ {dān jìng fǎn guāng xiàng jī}

single-lens reflex camera (SLR)

單純皰疹病毒〔单纯疱---〕 daan¹ seon⁴ paau³ can² beng⁶ duk⁶ {dān chún pào zhěn bìng dú}

herpes simplex virus (HSV, med.)

單詞產生器模型〔单词产----〕 daan¹ ci⁴ caan² sang¹ hei³ mou⁴ jing⁴ {dān cí chǎn shēng qì mó xíng}

logogen model

單核細胞增多症〔单-细----〕 daan¹ hat⁶ sai³ baau¹ zang¹ do¹ zing³ {dān hé xì bāo zēng duō zhèng}

mononucleosis

單端孢霉烯類毒素〔单----类--〕 daan¹ dyun¹ baau¹ mui⁴ hei¹ leoi⁶ duk⁶ sou³ {dān duān bāo méi xī lèi dú sù}

trichothecenes (TS, T-2)

單端孢霉烯類毒素中毒症〔单----类-----〕 daan¹ dyun¹ baau¹ mui⁴ hei¹ leoi⁶ duk⁶ sou³ zung³ duk⁶ zing³ {dān duān bāo méi xī lèi dú sù zhōng dú zhèng}

trichothecenes toxicosis