Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
单元
dānyuán
Description
我们的课本里，每一课都是一个单元。
In our textbook, each lesson is a 单元.
这个词也可以指楼房里的一个门。
This word can also refer to a door in a building.
Meanings
单元dānyuán
a unit (of study, e.g. in a textbook)
今天我们学第五单元。
Today we study Unit 5.
单元dānyuán
a unit or entrance section of an apartment building
我住在三号楼二单元。
I live in Building 3, Unit 2.
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Notes
- Etymology
单 (single) + 元 (element/basic part), literally a single basic component.
- Nuance
单元 is a section of a whole; 单位 more often means work unit or measurement unit.
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