Cantonese Dictionary

單利息

daan1 lei6 sik1

Mandarin: dan1 li4 xi1

simple interest

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單力

daan1 lik6

Mandarin: dan1 li4

Simplified: 单力

sole effort [colloquial]

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單吊西

daan1 diu3 sai1

Mandarin: dan1 diao4 xi1

Simplified: 单吊西

suit jacket (spoken)

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單向

daan1 hoeng3

Mandarin: dan1 xiang4

uni-directional

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單單

daan1 daan1

only

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單單彳

daan1 daan1 cik1

Mandarin: dan1 dan1 chi4

Simplified: 单单彳

lonely; single

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單單打打

daan1 daan1 daa2 daa2

Mandarin: dan1 dan1 da3 da3

Simplified: 单单打打

to criticize implicitly

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單子

daan1 zi2

Mandarin: dan1 zi5

list of items

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單孔目

daan1 hung2 muk6

Mandarin: dan1 kong3 mu4

Simplified: 单孔目

Monotremata

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單字

daan1 zi6

Mandarin: dan1 zi4

individual character; separate character

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單字調

daan1 zi6 diu6

[ling.] citation tone (lit., "single word tone")

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單寧酸

daan1 ning4 syun1

Mandarin: dan1 ning2 suan1

tannic acid

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單對單

daan1 deoi3 daan1

Mandarin: dan1 dui4 dan1

Simplified: 单对单

one on one; one player vs one player

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單引號

daan1 jan5 hou6

Mandarin: dan1 yin3 hao4

Simplified: 单引号

single quotation marks

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單思

daan1 si1

Mandarin: dan1 si1

Simplified: 单思

lovesick [colloquial]

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單思病

daan1 si1 beng6

lovesick

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單戀

daan1 lyun2

Mandarin: dan1 lian4

one-sided love

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單手劍

daan1 sau2 gim3

single-handed sword, a sword designed to be wielded in one hand.

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單手獨拳

daan1 sau2 duk6 kyun4

Mandarin: dan1 shou3 du2 quan2

Simplified: 单手独拳

single hand and lonely fist, it means someone is alone and does not have a helping hand

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單打

daan1 daa2

single; singles

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單打一

daan1 daa2 jat1

Mandarin: dan1 da3 yi1

Simplified: 单打一

single-minded

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單拖

daan1 to1

Mandarin: dan1 tuo1

Simplified: 单拖

being single (relationship)

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單排滾軸溜冰鞋

daan1 paai4 gwan2 zuk6 lau6 bing1 haai4

Mandarin: dan1 pai2 gun3 zhou2 liu1 bing1 xie2

rollerblade shoes

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單據

daan1 geoi3

Mandarin: dan1 ju4

receipts; invoices; transaction records

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單數

daan1 sou3

(positive) odd number

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單料

daan1 liu6*2

simple, enriched material

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單料

daan1 liu2

Mandarin: dan1 liao4

Simplified: 单料

one news; a list; thin

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單料銅煲

daan1 liu2 tung4 bou1

Mandarin: dan1 liao4 tong2 bao1

Simplified: 单料铜煲

very very thin copper pot

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單方面

daan1 fong1 min6

Mandarin: dan1 fang1 mian4

unilateral

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單曲

daan1 kuk1

Mandarin: dan1 qu3

a single (music)

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