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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 单

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of "单"

Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 单

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Pinyin dān、 chán、 shàn

Radical

十

Strokes

Definition

chieftain, bill / list / form / single / only / sole, (surname)

Usage

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埋单 mái dān

to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility

简单 jiǎn dān

simple / not complicated

单独 dān dú

alone / by oneself / on one's own

单行 dān xíng

to come individually / to treat separately / separate edition / one-way traffic

单纯 dān chún

simple / pure / unsophisticated / merely / purely

名单 míng dān

list (of names)

单个 dān ge

single / alone / individually / an odd one

单一 dān yī

single / only / sole

单板 dān bǎn

veneer / one board

单词 dān cí

word / CL:個|个[ge4]

单人 dān rén

one person / single (room, bed etc)

单打 dān dǎ

singles (in sports) / CL:場|场[chang3]

床单 chuáng dān

bed sheet / CL:條|条[tiao2],件[jian4],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2]

单体 dān tǐ

monomer

单身 dān shēn

unmarried / single

清单 qīng dān

list of items

单调 dān diào

monotonous

订单 dìng dān

(purchase) order

单枪匹马 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ

lit. single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single-handed / unaccompanied

孤单 gū dān

lone / lonely / loneliness

单廷 dān tíng

Shan Ting

单弦 dān xián

monochord

单刀 dān dāo

single-tool / short-hilted broadsword / single-broadsword event

单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu

to fight alone (idiom)

单晶 dān jīng

monocrystalline

单杠 dān gàng

bar / bold line / horizontal bar (gymnastics event)

单株 dān zhū

single plant / individual plant

简单机械 jiǎn dān jī xiè

simple machine

单元 dān yuán

unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase

单瓣 dān bàn

single petal / single valve

申请单 shēn qǐng dān

request note / an application form

男单 nán dān

men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)

硅单晶 guī dān jīng

silicon single crystal

单晶硅 dān jīng guī

monocrystalline silicon / single crystal silicon / monocrystal silicon

买单 mǎi dān

to pay the restaurant bill

单簧管 dān huáng guǎn

clarinet

成绩单 chéng jì dān

school report or transcript

单缸 dān gāng

single cylinder / single chamber

单细胞 dān xì bāo

single-celled (organism) / unicellular

单位 dān wèi

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[ge4]

单芯片 dān xīn piàn

single chip

菜单 cài dān

menu / CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]

单薄 dān bó

weak / frail / thin / flimsy

褥单 rù dān

bed sheet

账单 zhàng dān

bill

单刀赴会 dān dāo fù huì

lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines

单键 dān jiàn

single bond (chemistry)

单项 dān xiàng

single-item

单骑 dān qí

Single ride

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