Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

單字

dānzì

ㄉㄢ ㄗˋ

Simplified 单字 · mainland 單詞

  1. 1single Chinese character
  2. 2(Tw) word (of a foreign language)
In Taiwan

A vocabulary word of a foreign language — learners 背單字, memorise vocabulary. Mainland textbooks say 單詞; in Taiwan 單字 does not necessarily mean a single character.

Example

我每天背二十個單字。

wǒ měitiān bèi èrshí gè dānzì

I memorise twenty vocabulary words a day.

Keep 單字 and it comes back until you know it.

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