Unit in Chinese
unit (of measure) · HSK 4
单位
- 单 single
- 位 place
Counted with 个: 一个单位
公斤是重量的单位。 The kilogram is a unit of weight.
Other ways to say unit
More words with 单 or 位
How do you say unit in Chinese?
Unit in Chinese is 单位 (dān wèi). You can also say 单元 (dān yuán).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Greetings: hello, good morning and goodbye. Measure words: the classifier for any noun. Tone practice: say a word and see your tones. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.