单位

Every meaning

In a sentence

• 公斤是重量的单位。

  The kilogram is a unit of weight.

• 我们单位今天放假。

  Our workplace has the day off today.

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In the Library

• 在学校和单位，大家每天拎着热水瓶去锅炉房打水，这是几代人共同的回忆。

  中国人为什么爱喝热水？ · Why do Chinese people drink hot water? · HSK 5

• 不少单位上午十点才上班，下午两点吃午饭，晚上八点下班，学校的作息也跟着推迟。

  为什么中国只有一个时区？ · Why does China have only one time zone?

Its characters

• 单dānsingle; alone
• 位wèiclassifier for people (polite)

Words with 单

• 菜单càidānmenu
• 简单jiǎndānsimple
• 名单míngdānlist of names
• 床单chuángdānbed sheet
• 单独dāndúalone
• 单一dānyīsingle
• 单元dānyuánunit (of a building, textbook, or system)
• 单纯dānchúnmerely

Words with 位

• 车位chēwèiparking space
• 各位gèwèieverybody
• 座位zuòwèiseat
• 地位dìwèistatus
• 位于wèiyúto be located at
• 位置wèizhìposition
• 部位bùwèipart
• 定位dìngwèipositioning (of a product)