脫單

Chinese

		to shed; to take off; to escape to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from	bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain
trad. (脫單/脱單)		脫/脱	單
simp. (脱单)		脱	单

Etymology

Short for 脫離單身／脱离单身 (tuōlí dānshēn, “to break away from singledom”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōdān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyut³ daan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōdān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuodan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-tan¹
    • Yale: twō-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuodan
    • Palladius: тодань (todanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyut³ daan¹
    • Yale: tyut dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyt⁸ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tüd³ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːt̚³ taːn⁵⁵/

Verb

脫單

1. (neologism, slang) to start dating; to be no longer single