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The Chinese word dan - 单 - dān
(single in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

dān

Listen to pronunciation
(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)

Note: This Chinese character can also be pronounced shàn. However, with a different pronunciation, the meaning of the character will change as well (not yet available in this dictionary).

English translations

single, odd, bill,
list, form

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 单 ( dān ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( dan / dān ) with pronunciation (English translation: single )
单 ( dan / dān ) in traditional characters
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Character complexity
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单 is composed of 8 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

unit  |  alone
单 ( dan / dān ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 431)
Chinese example words containing the character 单 ( dan / dān )
菜单 ( càidān = menu ), 传单 ( chuándān = leaflet ), 床单 ( chuángdān = bed sheet ), 单程票 ( dānchéngpiào = single ticket ), 单词 ( dāncí = vocable ), 单据 ( dānjù = receipt ), 单人房 ( dānrénfáng = single room ), 单数 ( dānshù = singular ), 订票单 ( dìngpiàodān = reservation form ), 点击 ( diănjī = to click ), 孤单 ( gūdān = loneliness ), 简单 ( jiăndān = simple ), 买单 ( măidān = to settle the bill ), 微单相机 ( wēidānxiàngjī = mirrorless camera ), 帐单 ( zhàngdān = bill )
Other characters that are pronounced dān in Chinese
担 (to carry) , 丹 (red)
More words that mean single in Chinese
gè ( 个 ), yī ( 一 ), zhī ( 只 ), zhĭ ( 只 )

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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro.
This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.

 
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