單音字

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	sound; noise; news	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (單音字)		單	音	字
simp. (单音字)		单	音	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānyīnzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄧㄣ ㄗˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānyīnzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄧㄣ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danyinzìh
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-yin¹-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: dān-yīn-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danintzyh
    • Palladius: даньиньцзы (danʹinʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ in⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

Noun

單音字

1. character with a single pronunciation (unlike others having at least two)

   「舞幽壑之潛蛟，泣孤舟之嫠婦」皆單音字也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   「舞幽壑之潜蛟，泣孤舟之嫠妇」皆单音字也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   “wǔ yōu hè zhī qián jiāo, qì gū zhōu zhī lí fù” jiē dānyīnzì yě. [Pinyin]

   All these 12 characters (taken from the Ode on the Red Cliffs) are monophonic, with no alternative reading being possible.

Antonyms

• 多音字 (duōyīnzì, “polyphone”)