Talk:單

Mandarin readings

Can it be added in which contexts the several different Mandarin readings are used? 173.89.236.187 17:01, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Done. 173.88.241.33 01:40, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

"Singular"

Is this also used to describe "singular" in speaking of nouns in languages? Should that be noted?--A12n (talk) 03:09, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Added. Wyang (talk) 03:11, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Teochew siam5

@The dog2 Any sources for this? The closest I could find is siang5 in Shantou dialect. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 07:12, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Yes, there's a video here. The dog2 (talk) 13:31, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@The dog2: I'm not sure if this video is reliable. I've checked several dictionaries and this reading is not given for the surname. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 16:29, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

The person in the video is a native speaker, but sure, it is possible he made a mistake here. The dog2 (talk) 16:32, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@The dog2: It's a relatively uncommon surname, so I don't know if native speaker intuition helps here. I mean the whole anecdote in the video (be it true or not) is talking about how he didn't know how these surnames are pronounced. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 17:13, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Derogatoriness of daan1 as a classifier for people

[1]: 吖，又係你呢單嘢嚟呀？哎吔，乜單單聲啊？ — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 04:39, 1 November 2023 (UTC)