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unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
list of names
HSK 2
menu / CL: , 張|张
HSK 2
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
simple; not complicated
HSK 3
alone / by oneself / on one's own
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *单* | 单* | *单
bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
simple / pure / unsophisticated / merely / purely
HSK 4
monotonous
HSK 4
single / only / sole
HSK 5
singles (in sports) / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
unilateral
HSK 7-9
list of items
HSK 7-9
unmarried; single / alone
HSK 7-9
bill
HSK 7-9
(purchase) order
HSK 7-9
lone / lonely / loneliness
HSK 7-9
weak / frail / thin / flimsy
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
to place an order; to order
word / CL: 個|个
Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing
single / alone / individually / an odd one
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *单* | 单* | *单
surname Shan
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *单* | 单* | *单
microcontroller / one-chip computer
one person / single (room, bed etc)
monomer (chemistry)
(computing) to single-click; to click
to come individually / to treat separately / separate edition / one-way traffic
positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar)
monocrystalline
simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方, one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方) / metaphorically. a good solution
monochrome / monochromatic / black and white
single (recording industry)
unidirectional
bill of lading
form (document)
unit price
(international trade) documentation (e.g. a bill of lading)
list of successful applicants for college admission / list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
single phase (elec.)
one-way (ticket)
receipts / invoices / transaction records
only / merely / just
single volume edition / offprint
(coll.) bicycle; bike (esp. in Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China and, more generally, used across China to refer to a bike-share bicycle)
monorail
women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
single-item
single layer / single story / single deck / single level
to pick / to choose / to fight a duel / Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1]
on a single day
yield per unit area
single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language)
bed sheet / CL: 條|条, , 張|张,
the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad
list of items / bill / form / bedsheet
Shan county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
guarantee slip
lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed; unaccompanied
simple sentence (grammar)
unrequited love / one-sided love
ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
bill / check
receipt
individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
to pay the restaurant bill
to fight alone (idiom)
(bed) sheet / envelope for a padded coverlet / CL:
a tax declaration form / a tax return
to be on one's own; to be left alone / to be left out
monosaccharide
to fly solo / (fig.) (of a band member) to go solo; (of an employee) to leave and start up one's own company
to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming
violation ticket / infringement notice
one hand / single-handed
unipolar / monopole (physics)
leaflet; flier; pamphlet
bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
(idiom) to get straight to the point
list of lost or stolen articles
single parent
simple pendulum (physics)
king of the Xiongnu 匈奴
misfortune does not come singly (idiom) / it never rains but it pours
way bill / transport charge
to live independently / to live on one's own
lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines
single quotes
(idiom) lonely soul; solitary
to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
unlined garment
(idiom) lacking strength and support
unlined trousers / summer trousers
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility
voucher; slip; certificate (used as proof to claim, collect or access sth) / to use such a voucher

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