单位 (dān wèi) — work unit (place of employment in China); unit of measurement; organizational unit, department
Definition
单位 has two main uses: a 'unit of measurement' (米、公里) and a 'work unit' — the workplace/employer, especially in the PRC system. Don't confuse it with 单元, which is a unit of housing or a textbook section.
noun
work unit (place of employment in China)unit of measurementorganizational unitdepartment
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 单位。Mǐ hé gōng lǐ dōu shì cháng dù dān wèi.Meters and kilometers are both units of length.
- 单位。Wǒ men dān wèi de tóng shì hěn yǒu hǎo.The colleagues in our unit are very friendly.
- ，单位。Yǐ qián, měi gè dān wèi dōu yǒu zì jǐ de yī yuàn.In the past, every work unit had its own hospital.
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