单元
dān yuán
Pinyin

Definition

单元
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dān yuán
  1. unit (forming an entity)
  2. element
  3. (in a residential building) entrance or staircase

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元
Yuán
  1. 1 surname Yuan
  2. 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
元宵
yuán xiāo
  1. 1 Lantern Festival
  2. 2 night of the 15th of the first lunar month
  3. 3 see also 元夜[yuán yè]
  4. 4 sticky rice dumplings
元宵节
Yuán xiāo jié
  1. 1 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
元宝
Yuán bǎo
  1. 1 Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dān dōng shì], Liaoning
元旦
Yuán dàn
  1. 1 New Year's Day
元月
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
元气
yuán qì
  1. 1 strength
  2. 2 vigor
  3. 3 vitality
  4. 4 (TCM) vital energy
元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
公元
gōng yuán
  1. 1 CE (Common Era)
  2. 2 Christian Era
  3. 3 AD (Anno Domini)
日元
Rì yuán
  1. 1 Japanese yen (unit of currency)
  2. 2 also written 日圓|日圆
次元
cì yuán
  1. 1 dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
欧元
Ōu yuán
  1. 1 euro (currency)
欧元区
Ōu yuán qū
  1. 1 Eurozone
状元
zhuàng yuán
  1. 1 top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
  2. 2 see 榜眼[bǎng yǎn] and 探花[tàn huā]
  3. 3 top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gāo kǎo]
  4. 4 (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
  5. 5 leading light
美元
Měi yuán
  1. 1 American dollar
  2. 2 US dollar
一元
yī yuán
  1. 1 single variable (math.)
  2. 2 univariate
一元化
yī yuán huà
  1. 1 integration
  2. 2 integrated
  3. 3 unified
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
三元区
Sān yuán qū
  1. 1 Sanyuan district of Sanming city 三明市[Sān míng shì], Fujian
三次元
sān cì yuán
  1. 1 three-dimensional
  2. 2 the real world (cf. 二次元[èr cì yuán])

Idioms (3)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
行行出状元
háng háng chū zhuàng yuán
  1. 1 lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence

Sample Sentences

杭州市南山路121号1单元509室。
Hángzhōu shì nánshānlù 121 hào 1 dānyuán 509 shì 。
Room 509, Building 1, No. 121 Nanshan Road, Hangzhou.
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各位听众朋友好，欢迎再次来到“讨回公道”单元，我是郝正义，先来接听第一通电话。
gèwèi tīngzhòngpéngyou hǎo ，huānyíng zàicì láidào “tǎohuí gōngdao ”dānyuán ，wǒ shì Hǎo Zhèngyì ，xiān lái jiētīng dì yī tōng diànhuà 。
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our 'Justice Served' program. I'm Hao Zhengyi, let's take our first call.
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今天我们又有一个多音字的单元。
jīntiān wǒmen yòu yǒu yī gè duōyīnzì de dānyuán 。
Today we are going to do another lesson on duōyīnzì.
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