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HSK
alone / by oneself / on one's own
HSK 4
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
single / only / sole
HSK 5
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
simple / pure / unsophisticated / merely / purely
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *单* | 单* | *单
bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
monotonous
HSK 4
singles (in sports) / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
weak / frail / thin / flimsy
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
monochrome photo / black and white picture
single mode
one-way street
collision in which only one party is at fault
monotonous / dull / tedious (idiom)
unilateral
HSK 7-9
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
unmarried; single / alone
HSK 7-9
simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
microcontroller / one-chip computer
(immunology) monoclonal antibody (abbr. for 單克隆抗體|单克隆抗体)
to snowboard
bachelor; single man
on a single day
single bed / CL: 張|张
single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language)
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
word / CL: 個|个
yield per unit area
to fly solo / (fig.) (of a band member) to go solo; (of an employee) to leave and start up one's own company
unilateralism
single point of failure
(computing) to single-click; to click
monolingual
single phase (elec.)
one-way (ticket)
monocyte / mononuclear cell
unit trust (finance)
fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
receipts / invoices / transaction records
to come individually / to treat separately / separate edition / one-way traffic
(idiom) to get straight to the point
one-way road
tannic acid (loanword)
single-blind (scientific experiment)
monthly / in a single month
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
to order à la carte / single point (of measurement, mounting etc)
comic monologue / one-person comic sketch
(math.) unit vector
shoulder bag
monochrome / monochromatic / black and white
single parent
clarinet
single / alone / individually / an odd one
ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
one hand / single-handed
one-sided lovesickness; unrequited longing
(linguistics) single-morpheme word / simple word
(coll.) bicycle; bike (esp. in Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China and, more generally, used across China to refer to a bike-share bicycle)
simple sentence (grammar)
to pick / to choose / to fight a duel / Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1]
single-item
single sign-on (SSO)
only / merely / just
bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
(international trade) documentation (e.g. a bill of lading)
monorail
to live independently / to live on one's own
unpadded shoes
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
(elec.) unidirectional current / DC / also written 直流
single volume edition / offprint
unit price
apartment
single set
unidirectional / single-aspect
single (recording industry)
haploid (single chromosome)
(math.) one-to-one function; injective map
unrequited love / one-sided love
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)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *单* | 单* | *单
surname Shan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *单* | 单* | *单
unidirectional
(electronics) single-ended
(immunology) monoclonal antibody
lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed; unaccompanied
the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad
list of items / bill / form / bedsheet
monomer (chemistry)
single room (hotel)
Shan county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
odd number (on a ticket, house etc)
monoplane
single bond (chemistry)
monocrystalline
an only child
single-mode optical fiber

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