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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
单字
single Chinese character
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
single Chinese character
02
(Tw) word (of a foreign language)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 单字 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 单字 appears in 11 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 单字.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 单字.
Directly before
- 的单字5
- 英文单字2
- 只是单字1
- 英语单字1
- 新单字1
Directly after
- 单字的2
- 单字源自1
- 单字是1
- 单字来自1
- 单字卡1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 单字
What does 单字 mean in Chinese?
单字 (dānzì) means single Chinese character.
How do you pronounce 单字?
单字 is pronounced dānzì.
Is 单字 an HSK word?
单字 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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