單身

See also: 单身

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (單身)		單	身
simp. (单身)		单	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ san¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tân-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tan-sin / toaⁿ-sin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): duan¹ sing¹

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹te-sen / ¹taen-sen₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danshen
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-shên¹
    • Yale: dān-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danshen
    • Palladius: даньшэнь (danʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ san¹
    • Yale: dāan sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: dan^ˊ siin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dan¹ sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tan-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dansyn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ sin³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toaⁿ-sin
    • Tâi-lô: tuann-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvoasyn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tuã⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

Note:

• Taiwan:
  • toaⁿ-sin - vernacular;
  • tan-sin - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: duan¹ sing¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuaⁿ sing
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tũã³³⁻²³ siŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹te-sen
    • MiniDict: te^平 sen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹te-sen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /te⁵⁵ sən²¹/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹taen-sen₁
    • MiniDict: taen^平 sen^平
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /tẽ̞³³ sen³⁴/

Adjective

單身

1. alone; unaccompanied
2. single; not dating

   單身也可以很幸福。 [MSC, trad.]
   单身也可以很幸福。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dānshēn yě kěyǐ hěn xìngfú. [Pinyin]

   A single life can also be a happy one.

Usage notes

單身／单身 (dānshēn) is not used when declaring marital status; 未婚 (wèihūn) is used instead.

Derived terms

• 單身寡佬 / 单身寡佬
• 單身汪 / 单身汪 (dānshēnwāng)
• 單身漢 / 单身汉 (dānshēnhàn)
• 單身狗 / 单身狗 (dānshēngǒu)
• 單身貴族 / 单身贵族 (dānshēn guìzú)
• 單身鱉 / 单身鳖 (dānshēnbiē)
• 脫單 / 脱单 (tuōdān)

 

See also

• 未婚 (wèihūn)
• 已婚 (yǐhūn)

Noun

單身

1. single or unmarried person

Synonyms

• 獨身／独身 (dúshēn)
• (Wu) 打單吊／打单吊