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单人 (dān rén) — single person; alone (as in 单人房 single room)

Definition

单 (dān) means 'single' or 'one person' — used as an attributive before nouns like 房 (single room) or 床 (single bed), often contrasted with 双 ('double, two-person').

noun
single personalone (as in 单人房 single room)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 单人。
    Tā dìng le yì jiān dān rén fáng.
    He booked a single room.
  • 单人，。
    Zhè zhāng piào shì dān rén de, bú shì shuāng rén de.
    This ticket is for one person, not for two.
  • 单人。
    dān rén Lǚ xíng kě yǐ ràng nǐ gèng zì yóu.
    Traveling alone can make you freer.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

单dānsingle
人rénperson

单 means single and 人 means person, giving a single person or being alone.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 單; 单 is its simplified writing.

The form 單 originally pictured a Y-shaped wooden stick with two stones on top.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →
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