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HSK
menu / CL: , 張|张
HSK 2
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
simple; not complicated
HSK 3
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
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bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
simple / pure / unsophisticated / merely / purely
HSK 4
alone / by oneself / on one's own
HSK 4
monotonous
HSK 4
single / only / sole
HSK 5
singles (in sports) / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
lone / lonely / loneliness
HSK 7-9
(purchase) order
HSK 7-9
unmarried; single / alone
HSK 7-9
list of items
HSK 7-9
weak / frail / thin / flimsy
HSK 7-9
bill
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
(immunology) monoclonal antibody (abbr. for 單克隆抗體|单克隆抗体)
tannic acid (loanword)
form (document)
king of the Xiongnu 匈奴
to take a customer's order / (of a taxi driver) to accept a booking / (of a delivery rider) to accept a delivery job
finite element (method)
simple pendulum (physics)
single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA
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surname Shan
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on a single day
unicycle
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
to be on one's own; to be left alone / to be left out
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
unit of area (e.g. 畝|亩, Chinese acre)
monochrome picture / black and white picture
(proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
average transaction value per customer (i.e. the average amount a customer spends per visit or transaction)
apartment
to pick / to choose / to fight a duel / Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1]
(idiom) to get straight to the point
single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language)
single supplement (for a hotel room)
simple finals
guarantee slip
receipt
(computing) menu
molecular bromine
(coll.) bicycle; bike (esp. in Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China and, more generally, used across China to refer to a bike-share bicycle)
mononucleosis
magnetic monopole
list of successful applicants for college admission / list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
bill / check
school report or transcript
one hand / single-handed
single bond (chemistry)
administrative unit (e.g. province , prefecture 地區|地区 or county 縣|县)
word / CL: 個|个
receipts / invoices / transaction records
(bed) sheet / envelope for a padded coverlet / CL:
bed sheet / CL: 條|条, , 張|张,
playlist / song sheet
blacklist
yield per unit area
monochrome / monochromatic / black and white
the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad
list of items / bill / form / bedsheet
to pay the restaurant bill
single / alone / individually / an odd one
not simple; rather complicated / remarkable; marvelous
single volume edition / offprint
single bed / CL: 張|张
one-way (ticket)
positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar)
single-character surname
bill of lading
notification / notice / ticket / receipt
to bill / to open a tab
leaflet; flier; pamphlet
unit price
unrequited love / one-sided love
single-item
voucher; slip; certificate (used as proof to claim, collect or access sth) / to use such a voucher
to pool orders (for bulk discounts or reduced shipping); to join a group purchase (esp. online)
to come individually / to treat separately / separate edition / one-way traffic
(of an organism) single-celled; unicellular
to fight alone (idiom)
lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed; unaccompanied
bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
clarinet
bachelor; single man
monorail
single parent family
to use (sth) on its own
lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines
insurance policy (document)
to fly solo / (fig.) (of a band member) to go solo; (of an employee) to leave and start up one's own company
(idiom) lacking strength and support
single phase (elec.)
menu bar (computing)

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