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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
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
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
unmarried; single / alone
HSK 7-9
weak / frail / thin / flimsy
HSK 7-9
unilateral
HSK 7-9
word / CL: 個|个
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
unit price
(international trade) documentation (e.g. a bill of lading)
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
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)
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
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)
individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
to fight alone (idiom)
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
one hand / single-handed
unipolar / monopole (physics)
bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
(idiom) to get straight to the point
single parent
simple pendulum (physics)
king of the Xiongnu 匈奴
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
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
unlined trousers / summer trousers
odd number (on a ticket, house etc)
(linguistics) single-morpheme word / simple word
tannic acid (loanword)
monosyllabic word
single bond (chemistry)
unpadded shoes
to order à la carte / single point (of measurement, mounting etc)
single set
to use (sth) on its own
monthly / in a single month
single trip
single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA
single mode
single-blind (scientific experiment)
one-sided / unilateral
flyer / leaflet / single-sheet (map etc)
fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
clarinet
(spreadsheet) cell
unambiguous / having only one meaning
Dancong, type of oolong tea
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
monolingual
monocyte / mononuclear cell
shoulder bag
monostable / single-side stable (relays)
single sign-on (SSO)
(electronics) single-ended
bachelor; single man
single petal / single valve
single bed / CL: 張|张

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