單單

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain
trad. (單單)		單	單
simp. (单单)		单	单

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāndān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ daan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tân-tân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tan-tan / toaⁿ-toaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāndān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dandan
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-tan¹
    • Yale: dān-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dandan
    • Palladius: даньдань (danʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ daan¹
    • Yale: dāan dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ taːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-tân
    • Hakka Romanization System: dan´ dan´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dan¹ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tan²⁴⁻¹¹ tan²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-tan
    • Tâi-lô: tan-tan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dandafn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ tan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toaⁿ-toaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuann-tuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvoa'dvoaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã⁴⁴/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 單單

1. only; exclusively

   • 以色列人就除掉諸巴力和亞斯她錄，單單地事奉耶和華。 [MSC, trad.]
     以色列人就除掉诸巴力和亚斯她录，单单地事奉耶和华。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 撒母耳記上 (1 Samuel) 7:4

     Yǐsèlièrén jiù chúdiào zhū Bālì hé Yàsītālù, dāndān de shìfèng Yēhéhuá. [Pinyin]

     Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.

2. only; merely; just

   • 只是你們要行道，不要單單聽道，自己欺哄自己。 [MSC, trad.]
     只是你们要行道，不要单单听道，自己欺哄自己。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 雅各書 (James) 1:22

     Zhǐshì nǐmen yào xíng dào, bùyào dāndān tīng dào, zìjǐ qīhǒng zìjǐ. [Pinyin]

     But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.