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
(Hokkien, POJ): tan-sin / toaⁿ-sin

(Teochew, Peng'im): duan¹ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄕㄣ
  - 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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    丹參／丹参
    丹蔘／丹𦲞
    單身／单身
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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-sṳ̂n
  - Hakka Romanization System: dan´ siin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dan¹ sin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General 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: General 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.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: duan¹ sing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuaⁿ sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tũã³³⁻²³ siŋ³³/

Adjective

單身

alone; unaccompanied
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

single or unmarried person

Synonyms

獨身／独身 (dúshēn)
(Wu) 打單吊／打单吊

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