單丁

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	4th heavenly stem; man; people 4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
trad. (單丁)		單	丁
simp. (单丁)		单	丁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāndīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄉㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ ding¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): duan¹ dêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāndīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danding
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-ting¹
    • Yale: dān-dīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danding
    • Palladius: даньдин (danʹdin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ ding¹
    • Yale: dāan dīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ ding¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ ding¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ tɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: duan¹ dêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuaⁿ teng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tũã³³⁻²³ teŋ³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 單丁

1. (literary or Teochew) only son

Synonyms

• 獨子／独子 (dúzǐ)
• 獨生子／独生子 (dúshēngzǐ)
• (Cantonese) 獨生仔／独生仔, 獨仔／独仔
• (Hakka) 單丁子／单丁子
• (Hokkien) 孤囝, 獨囝／独囝
• (daughter) 獨生女／独生女 (dúshēngnǚ)
• (sons and daughters) 獨生子女／独生子女

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 單丁

1. only; merely
2. alone; on one's own

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 單丁

1. (Cantonese) alone; single

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