单位

Character by character

• 单dān8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 單single, individual, only; lone
• 位wèi7 strokesHSK 2throne; position, post; rank, status; seat

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 单位. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 位wèiHSK 2

  position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential

• 简单jiǎn dānHSK 3

  simple; not complicated

• 各位gè wèiHSK 3

  everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you

• 单dānHSK 4

  bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number

• 位置wèi zhiHSK 4

  position; place; seat

• 名单míng dānHSK 2

  list of names

• 单身dān shēnHSK 7

  unmarried; single

• 地位dì wèiHSK 4

  position; status; place

• 单独dān dúHSK 4

  alone; by oneself; on one's own

• 位于wèi yúHSK 4

  to be located at; to be situated at; to lie

• 定位dìng wèiHSK 6

  to orientate; to position; to categorize (as); to characterize (as); positioning; position; niche

• 孤单gū dānHSK 7

  lone; lonely; loneliness

• 职位zhí wèiHSK 5

  position; post; job

• 座位zuò wèiHSK 2

  seat

• 岗位gǎng wèiHSK 6

  a post; a job

• 单纯dān chúnHSK 4

  simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely

• 部位bù wèiHSK 5

  part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc)

• 到位dào wèiHSK 7

  to get to the intended location; to be in place; to be in position; precise; well (done)

• 学位xué wèiHSK 5

  academic degree; place in school

• 菜单cài dānHSK 2

  menu

• 清单qīng dānHSK 7

  list of items

• 订单dìng dānHSK 7

  (purchase) order

• 单元dān yuánHSK 3

  unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase

• 品位pǐn wèiHSK 7

  rank; grade; quality; (aesthetic) taste