單數

See also: 单数

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (單數)		單	數
simp. (单数)		单	数
anagram		數單／数单

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ sou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tân-su
• Eastern Min (BUC): dăng-só
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tan-sò͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹te-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danshù
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-shu⁴
    • Yale: dān-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danshuh
    • Palladius: даньшу (danʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānshùr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄕㄨˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danshùr
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-shu⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dān-shùr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danshull
    • Palladius: даньшур (danʹšur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ʂuɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ sou³
    • Yale: dāan sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ sou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: dan´ su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dan¹ su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tan²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dăng-só
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nou²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tan-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dansox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹te-su
    • MiniDict: te^平 su
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹te-su
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /te⁵⁵ su²¹/

Noun

單數

1. (positive) odd number
2. (grammar) singular

Synonyms

• (odd number):

Dialectal synonyms of 奇數 (“odd number”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奇數, 單數 especially positive
Mandarin	Beijing	奇數兒, 單數兒
	Taiwan	奇數
Cantonese	Hong Kong	單數
Southern Min	Xiamen	奇數
	Quanzhou	奇數
	Zhangzhou	奇數
	Tainan	奇數

• (singular):

Dialectal synonyms of 單數 (“singular”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		單數
Mandarin	Beijing	單數兒
	Taiwan	單數
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	單數兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	單數

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "odd number"): 雙數／双数 (shuāngshù)

Coordinate terms

• (singular): 雙數／双数 (shuāngshù, “dual”), 複數／复数 (fùshù, “plural”), 眾數／众数 (zhòngshù, “plural”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (單數):

• → Japanese: 単数(たんすう) (tansū)
• → Korean: 단수(單數) (dansu)