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single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language)
unpadded shoes
prescribed preparation
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
monotonous
HSK 4
hyperboloid of one sheet (math.)
alone / by oneself / on one's own
HSK 4
unmarried; single / alone
HSK 7-9
monochrome / monochromatic / black and white
Shan county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
single sign-on (SSO)
single chain / refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA
simple / pure / unsophisticated / merely / purely
HSK 4
clarinet
ad hoc group (tour group with a customized itinerary)
the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad
list of items / bill / form / bedsheet
(idiom) to get straight to the point
one-sided lovesickness; unrequited longing
single parent
positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar)
single (recording industry)
one-way street
only / merely / just
single currency
single / alone / individually / an odd one
individual lesson / one-on-one class
single-lens reflex camera (Tw)
single parent family
to use (sth) on its own
unilateralism
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
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
unidirectional
unilateral declaration
single-celled organism
weak / frail / thin / flimsy
HSK 7-9
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
one-sided / unilateral
lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines
to fight alone (idiom)
(spreadsheet) cell
one-way (ticket)
lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed; unaccompanied
(upholstered) armchair
single bed / CL: 張|张
(computing) to single-click; to click
tape player / video player / (media) player / play-only device
scooter
to come individually / to treat separately / separate edition / one-way traffic
unlined trousers / summer trousers
singles (in sports) / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
theory of single origin (of mankind)
(math.) one-to-one function; injective map
unit trust (finance)
unipolar / monopole (physics)
to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming
one hand / single-handed
word / CL: 個|个
tannic acid (loanword)
simple pendulum (physics)
(of an organism) single-celled; unicellular
single / only / sole
HSK 5
unilateral
HSK 7-9
monocrystalline
bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
monorail
bachelor; single man
to order à la carte / single point (of measurement, mounting etc)
single point of failure
(linguistics) single-morpheme word / simple word
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bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
single room (hotel)
to pick / to choose / to fight a duel / Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1]
to snowboard
single supplement (for a hotel room)
to fly solo / (fig.) (of a band member) to go solo; (of an employee) to leave and start up one's own company
monocyte / mononuclear cell
ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye)
single eyelid
monochrome
single-character surname
one-way road
(international trade) documentation (e.g. a bill of lading)
unit price
simple sentence (grammar)
single-blind (scientific experiment)
monthly / in a single month
single phase (elec.)
monotonous / dull / tedious (idiom)
simple finals
monosyllabic / a monosyllable
individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements
monomer (chemistry)
medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance
single trip
(coll.) bicycle; bike (esp. in Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China and, more generally, used across China to refer to a bike-share bicycle)

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