打單

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain
trad. (打單)		打	單
simp. (打单)		打	单
anagram		單打／单打

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): da³ dan¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² daan¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tá-tân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): da³ dan¹

• Xiang

  (Changsha, Wiktionary): da³ dan¹

  (Loudi, Wiktionary): da^3-5 dann¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: da³ dan¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: daadan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta⁵³ tan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² daan¹
    • Yale: dá dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ taːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-tân
    • Hakka Romanization System: da` dan´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: da³ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ tan²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: da³ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ tan⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: da³ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁴¹ tan³³/
  • (Loudi)
    • Wiktionary: da^3-5 dann¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta̠¹¹ tã̠⁴⁴/

Verb

打單

1. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin) to write a letter as a means of extortion or ransom
2. (Sichuanese) to take apart a set
3. (Taiwanese Hakka) to buy a ticket
4. (Liuzhou Mandarin) to become only one (from being a pair)
5. (Wuhan Mandarin) to buy single-layer clothing
6. (Changsha Xiang) to not form a pair
7. (Changsha Xiang) to wear on its own (an article of clothing)
8. (Loudi Xiang, impersonal) to have frost appear

Synonyms

• (to buy a ticket): 買票／买票 (mǎipiào); (Hokkien) 拆票, 拆單／拆单
• (to not form a pair): (Xiang) 打單掉／打单掉

Dialectal synonyms of 下霜 (“to have frost appear”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下霜, 降霜
Mandarin	Beijing	下霜
	Taiwan	下霜
	Harbin	下霜
	Yantai (Muping)	下霜
	Jinan	下霜
	Luoyang	下霜
	Wanrong	下霜
	Xi'an	下霜, 打霜
	Yinchuan	下霜, 來霜, 落霜
	Xining	下霜
	Ürümqi	下霜
	Wuhan	打霜, 下霜
	Chengdu	下霜, 打霜, 打白頭霜
	Chongqing	落霜
	Guiyang	打霜
	Liuzhou	結霜
	Xuzhou	下霜
	Nanjing	下霜
	Hefei	下霜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落霜
	Dongguan	落霧
	Yangjiang	落霜
Gan	Nanchang	打霜
	Lichuan	打霜, 扣霜
	Pingxiang	打霜
Hakka	Meixian	落霜
	Yudu	打霜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	落霜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	落霜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	落霜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	落霜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	落霜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落霜
Huizhou	Jixi	下霜
Jin	Taiyuan	下霜
	Xinzhou	起霜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	落霜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	落霜
Southern Min	Xiamen	落霜
	Quanzhou	落霜
	Jinjiang	落霜
	Zhangzhou	落霜
	Taipei	落霜 GT
	Chaozhou	落霜
	Leizhou	落霜
	Haikou	落霜
Wu	Shanghai	霜打, 打霜, 落霜, 霜降 dated
	Suzhou	下霜
	Danyang	下霜, 打霜
	Hangzhou	落霜
	Ningbo	落霜
	Wenzhou	降霜
	Jinhua	落霜
Xiang	Changsha	打霜
	Loudi	打霜, 打單
	Shuangfeng	打霜
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Related terms

• (to buy a ticket): (Hakka) 打票

Adverb

打單

1. (Meixian Hakka, Wuhan Mandarin and Sichuanese) alone; by oneself; solitary

Synonyms

• 一個人／一个人 (yīgèrén)
• 一家頭／一家头 (⁷iq-ka-deu) (Shanghainese)
• 一手
• 單個／单个 (dāngè)
• 單獨／单独 (dāndú)
• 獨個／独个 (dúgè)
• 獨自／独自 (dúzì)
• 空身 (kōngshēn)
• 隻身／只身 (zhīshēn) (literary)