单 (dān): bill, list, form, single, only, sole
单 (dān) is a Chinese character meaning “bill.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丷 (structural). It ranks #389 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- bill
- list
- form
- single
- only
- sole
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 单
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 简单adjective | jiǎn dān | simple | 3 |
| 名单noun | míng dān | list of names | 3 |
| 单独adverb | dān dú | alone | 5 |
| 单位noun | dān wèi | unit (of measure) | 4 |
| 账单noun | zhàng dān | bill | 6 |
| 菜单noun | cài dān | menu | 3 |
| 床单noun | chuáng dān | bed sheet | 5 |
| 单纯adjective | dān chún | simple | 6 |
| 订单noun | dìng dān | (purchase) order | 6 |
| 单元noun | dān yuán | unit (forming an entity) | 5 |
| 单调adjective | dān diào | monotonous | 6 |
| 单一adjective | dān yī | single | 5 |
| 下单verb | xià dān | to place an order | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单身adjective | dān shēn | unmarried |
| 孤单adjective | gū dān | lone |
| 清单noun | qīng dān | list of items |
| 单子noun | dān zǐ | the only son of a family |
| 单词noun | dān cí | word |
| 传单noun | chuán dān | leaflet |
| 单身汉noun | dān shēn hàn | bachelor |
| 单车noun | dān chē | (coll.) bicycle |
| 单单adverb | dān dān | only |
| 单干 | dān gàn | to work on one's own |
| 单人noun | dān rén | one person |
| 黑名单 | hēi míng dān | blacklist |
| 成绩单noun | chéng jì dān | school report or transcript |
| 不单conjunction | bù dān | not the only |
| 保单noun | bǎo dān | guarantee slip |
单 appears in 107 compound words: 75 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 单 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (14)
lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom); fig. to go alone into enemy lines
Showing 12 of 14 idioms containing 单.
Example Sentences
这个问题看似简单，实际上需要深入思考才能回答。
Zhè gè wèntí kàn sì jiǎndān, shíjì shang xūyào shēnrù sīkǎo cáinéng huídá.
This question looks simple, but actually requires deep thinking to answer.
订单爆了!90后男生春节可赚16万元
dìng dān bào le ! 9 0 hòu nán shēng chūn jié kě zhuàn 1 6 wàn yuán
The order is exploding! Post-90s boys can earn 160,000 yuan during the Spring Festival
我的新年“特供”丨订单翻倍!小碗梨成春节假期“新宠..
wǒ de xīn nián tè gōng 丨 dìng shàn fān bèi ! xiǎo wǎn lí chéng chūn jié jiǎ qī xīn chǒng . .
The new year's special 丨 order doubled! The newest and most popular way to get the most out of the Chinese New Year is to get the most out of the Chinese New Year.
新春走基层丨9年前带3岁女儿开出租车的单亲妈妈,除..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng 丨 nián qián dài suì nǚ ér kāi chū zū chē de shàn qīn mā mā , chú . .
The single mother who drove a cab with her 3-year-old daughter nine years ago is now a member of the New Year's Eve...
...5年收获满满,山东信息职业技术学院向合作单位..
. . . nián shōu huò mǎn mǎn , shān dōng xìn xī zhí yè jì shù xué yuàn xiàng gě zuò shàn wèi . .
...Five years of fruitful collaboration, Shandong Information Vocational College extends its gratitude to partner institutions...
千问“一句话下单”受年轻人追捧,00后占比超40%..
qiān wèn yī gōu huà xià shàn shòu nián qīng rén zhuī pěng , hòu zhàn bǐ chāo . .
Qianwen's "One-Sentence Ordering" Gains Popularity Among Young People, with Gen Z Users Making Up Over 40%...
这个单词是什么意思？
Zhège dāncí shì shénme yìsi?
What does this word mean?
你会说简单的英语吗？
Nǐ huì shuō jiǎndān de Yīngyǔ ma?
Could you say that in plain English?
请把帐单给我好吗？
Qǐng bǎ zhàngdān gěi wǒ hǎo ma?
May I have the check, please?
我可以看一下酒单吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ kàn yīxià jiǔdān ma?
May I see the wine list?
Character Family
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