单
身

Unmarried in Chinese: 单身 (dān shēn)

dān shēn

unmarried

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 單身1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unmarried
  2. 2single

Stroke order

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身

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄢ

dān

ㄉ/ dㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄕㄣ

shēn

ㄕ/ shㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

单身

Simplified

單身

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我今年三十岁了，还是单身。

    wǒ jīn nián sān shí suì le， hái shì dān shēn。

    I'm thirty this year and still single.

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Related words

单

dān

bill

身体

shēn tǐ

the body

菜单

cài dān

menu

简单

jiǎn dān

simple

孤单

gū dān

lone

单纯

dān chún

simple

单调

dān diào

monotonous

单独

dān dú

alone

单位

dān wèi

unit (of measure)

单元

dān yuán

unit (forming an entity)

身材

shēn cái

stature

身份

shēn fèn

identity

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