單位

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See also: 単位 and 单位

Chinese

 
bill; list; form
bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain
 
position; location; (measure word for persons)
position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (單位)
simp. (单位)

Pronunciation


Noun

單位

  1. unit of measure; unit of measurement; unit (Classifier: )
    長度單位长度单位  ―  chángdù dānwèi  ―  unit of length
    常用容積單位毫升可以LmL [MSC, trad.]
    常用容积单位毫升可以LmL [MSC, simp.]
    Chángyòng róngjī dānwèi shēng hé háoshēng, yě kěyǐ xiě chéng L hé mL.
    Commonly used volume units such as litres and millilitres can also be written as L and mL.
  2. unit (in an organisation, or other contexts) (Classifier: )
    行政單位行政单位  ―  xíngzhèng dānwèi  ―  administrative unit
    生產單位生产单位  ―  shēngchǎn dānwèi  ―  production unit
    保護單位保护单位  ―  bǎohù dānwèi  ―  officially protected site; officially protected entity
  3. work unit; danwei (Classifier: )
  4. (by extension) workplace (Classifier: )
  5. (Hong Kong) flat (appartment) unit (Classifier: )

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
たん
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 4
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 單位 – see the following entry.
単位たんい
unit of measure
unit (an organized group)
academic credit
(This term, 單位, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

單位 (danwi) (hangeul 단위)

  1. Hanja form? of 단위 (unit; counter).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

單位

  1. chữ Hán form of đơn vị (unit).