单 (dān) means List (single - solely - only). Below are 24 of the 64 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这不是很简 单 嘛。
Zhè bú shì hěn jiǎndān ma.
This is perfectly simple, isn't it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嘛
仪式简 单 而庄重。
Yíshì jiǎndān ér zhuāngzhòng.
The ceremony was simple and solemn.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 仪式
这道题简 单 而有趣。
Zhè dào tí jiǎndān ér yǒuqù.
This question is simple and interesting.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 而
问题没有那么 单 纯。
Wèntí méiyǒu nàme dānchún.
The problem is not that simple.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单纯
这份工作有点 单 调。
Zhè fèn gōngzuò yǒudiǎn dāndiào.
This job is a little monotonous.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单调
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From the graded readers
我们坐下，看菜 单 。
wǒmen zuòxia, kàn / kān càidān.
We sat down and looked at the menu.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
这么一想，问题就变得很简 单 了。
zhème yī xiǎng, wèntí jiù biànde hěn jiǎndān le / liǎo / liào.
Put like that, the question became very simple.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
这次我看清楚了才下 单 ——蓝色，大号。
zhècì wǒ kānqīng chǔ le / liǎo / liào cái xià dān—— lánsè, dà hào / háo.
This time I checked properly before ordering — blue, large.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
From the travel phrasebook
请发装箱 单 。
Qǐng fā zhuāngxiāngdān.
Please send the packing list.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
有英文菜 单 吗？
Yǒu Yīngwén càidān ma?
Is there an English menu?
Travel phrasebook · Ordering in a restaurant
今天我来买 单 。
Jīntiān wǒ lái mǎidān.
Let me pay tonight.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
可以先下试 单 吗？
Kěyǐ xiān xià shìdān ma?
Could we place a trial order first?
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
提 单 什么时候能出？
Tídān shénme shíhou néng chū?
When will the bill of lading be issued?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
请把 单 证扫描给我。
Qǐng bǎ dānzhèng sǎomiáo gěi wǒ.
Please scan the paperwork to me.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
单 证已经发给您了。
Dānzhèng yǐjīng fā gěi nín le.
The documents have been sent to you.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
单 appears in 64 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 单
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 单
How is 单 used in a sentence?
This page shows 64 sentences using 单 (dān, "List (single - solely - only)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 单 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 单 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 单?
The dictionary page for 单 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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