單單

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

(Teochew, Peng'im): duan¹ duan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāndān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄉㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dandan
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-tan¹
  - Yale: dān-dān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dandan
  - Palladius: даньдань (danʹdanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    單單／单单
    眈眈
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^ˊ dan^ˊ
  - 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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: duan¹ duan¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuaⁿ tuaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tũã³³⁻²³ tũã³³/

Adverb

單單

only; exclusively
- 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 撒母耳記上 [1 Samuel] 7:4:
  
  以色列人就除掉諸巴力、和亞斯他錄、單單的事奉耶和華。 [MSC, trad.]
  以色列人就除掉诸巴力、和亚斯他录、单单的事奉耶和华。 [MSC, simp.]
  Yǐsèlièrén jiù chúdiào zhū Bālì, hé Yàsītālù, dāndān de shìfèng Yēhéhuá.
  Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
only; merely; just
- 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 雅各書 [James] 1:22:
  
  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.]
  Zhǐshì nǐmen yào xíng dào, bùyào dāndān tīng dào, zìjǐ qīhǒng zìjǐ.
  But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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