單位

See also: 単位 and 单位

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (單位)		單	位
simp. (单位)		单	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ wai^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tân-vi
• Eastern Min (BUC): dăng-ôi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tan-ūi / toaⁿ-ūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): duan¹ ui⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danwèi
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: dān-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danwey
    • Palladius: даньвэй (danʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ wai^6-2
    • Yale: dāan wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: dan^ˊ vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dan¹ vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tan²⁴⁻¹¹ vi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dăng-ôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋui²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tan-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dan'ui
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ ui³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² ui²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toaⁿ-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tuann-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvoa'ui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuã⁴⁴⁻²² ui²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: duan¹ ui⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuaⁿ ūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tũã³³⁻²³ ui¹¹/

Noun

單位

1. unit of measure; unit of measurement; unit (Classifier: 個／个)

   長度單位／长度单位  ―  chángdù dānwèi  ―  unit of length

   常用容積單位升和毫升，也可以寫成L和mL。 [MSC, trad.]
   常用容积单位升和毫升，也可以写成L和mL。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chángyòng róngjī dānwèi shēng hé háoshēng, yě kěyǐ xiě chéng L hé mL. [Pinyin]

   Commonly used volume units such as litres and millilitres can also be written as L and mL.

2. unit (in an organisation, or other contexts) (Classifier: 個／个)

   行政單位／行政单位  ―  xíngzhèng dānwèi  ―  administrative unit

   生產單位／生产单位  ―  shēngchǎn dānwèi  ―  production unit

   保護單位／保护单位  ―  bǎohù dānwèi  ―  officially protected site; officially protected entity

3. work unit; danwei (Classifier: 個／个)
4. (by extension) workplace (Classifier: 個／个)
5. (Hong Kong) flat (apartment) unit (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

• (unit of measure): 計量單位／计量单位 (jìliàng dānwèi)

Derived terms

• T單位 / T单位 (tìdānwèi)
• 事業單位 / 事业单位 (shìyè dānwèi)
• 原單位 / 原单位 (yuándānwèi)
• 原子質量單位 / 原子质量单位 (yuánzǐ zhìliàng dānwèi)
• 單位犯罪 / 单位犯罪 (dānwèi fànzuì)
• 天文單位 / 天文单位 (tiānwén dānwèi)
• 法定計量單位 / 法定计量单位 (fǎdìng jìliàng dānwèi)
• 腎單位 / 肾单位 (shèndānwèi)
• 計量單位 / 计量单位 (jìliàng dānwèi)

See also

• 單元／单元 (dānyuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
單	位
たん Jinmeiyō	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 單位 – see the following entry.

【単位たんい】 [noun] unit of measure [noun] unit (an organized group) [noun] academic credit

(This term, 單位, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
單	位

Noun

單位 • (danwi) (hangeul 단위)

1. hanja form^? of 단위 (“unit; counter”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
單	位

Noun

單位

1. chữ Hán form of đơn vị (“unit”).