單位

See also: 単位 and 单位

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (單位)		單	位
simp. (单位)		单	位

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dānwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ wai^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tân-vi
Eastern Min (BUC): dăng-ôi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tan-ūi / toaⁿ-ūi

(Teochew, Peng'im): duan¹ ui⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: danwèi
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-wei⁴
  - Yale: dān-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danwey
  - Palladius: даньвэй (danʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan¹ wai^6-2
  - Yale: dāan wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ wai^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ wei^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-vi
  - Hakka Romanization System: dan^ˊ vi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dan¹ vi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tan²⁴⁻¹¹ vi⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dăng-ôi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋui²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: tan-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dan'ui
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ ui³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² ui²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toaⁿ-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: tuann-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvoa'ui
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuã⁴⁴⁻²² ui²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: duan¹ ui⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuaⁿ ūi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tũã³³⁻²³ ui¹¹/

Noun

單位

unit of measure; unit of measurement; unit (Classifier: 個／个)
長度單位／长度单位 ― chángdù dānwèi ― unit of length

常用容積單位升和毫升，也可以寫成 L 和 mL。 [MSC, trad.]
常用容积单位升和毫升，也可以写成 L 和 mL。 [MSC, simp.]
Chángyòng róngjī dānwèi shēng hé háoshēng, yě kěyǐ xiě chéng L hé mL. [Pinyin]
Commonly used volume units such as litres and millilitres can also be written as L and mL.
unit (in an organisation, or other contexts) (Classifier: 個／个)
行政單位／行政单位 ― xíngzhèng dānwèi ― administrative unit

生產單位／生产单位 ― shēngchǎn dānwèi ― production unit

保護單位／保护单位 ― bǎohù dānwèi ― officially protected site; officially protected entity
work unit; danwei (Classifier: 個／个)
(by extension) workplace (Classifier: 個／个)
(Hong Kong) flat (apartment) unit (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

(unit of measure): 計量單位／计量单位 (jìliàng dānwèi)

Derived terms

T單位 / T单位 (tìdānwèi)
事業單位 / 事业单位 (shìyè dānwèi)
原單位 / 原单位 (yuándānwèi)
原子質量單位 / 原子质量单位 (yuánzǐ zhìliàng dānwèi)
單位犯罪 / 单位犯罪 (dānwèi fànzuì)
天文單位 / 天文单位 (tiānwén dānwèi)
法定計量單位 / 法定计量单位 (fǎdìng jìliàng dānwèi)
腎單位 / 肾单位 (shèndānwèi)
計量單位 / 计量单位 (jìliàng dānwèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
單	位
たん Jinmeiyō	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 單位 – see the following entry.

【単位たんい】

[noun] unit of measure

[noun] unit (an organized group)

[noun] academic credit

(This term, 單位, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
單	位

Noun

單位 • (danwi) (hangeul 단위)

hanja form^? of 단위 (“unit; counter”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
單	位

Noun

單位

chữ Hán form of đơn vị (“unit”).