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): ㄉㄢㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ san¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tân-sṳ̂n
Min Nan (POJ): tan-sin / toaⁿ-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: dānshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danshen
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠n⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    單身／单身
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan¹ san¹
  - Yale: dāan sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ sen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: dan´ siin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dan¹ sin¹
  - IPA: /tan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tan-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dansyn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² ɕin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toaⁿ-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tuann-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvoasyn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tuã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Note:

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

Adjective

單身

alone; unaccompanied
single; not dating

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

(alone): 隻身／只身 (zhīshēn)
(single): 獨身／独身 (dúshēn)

Derived terms

單身寡佬／单身寡佬 (dānshēnguǎlǎo)
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)

See also

未婚 (wèihūn)
已婚 (yǐhūn)

Noun

單身

single or unmarried person

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