单个

單個

dāngè

adjective #22,662

Meanings

1 single
2 individual
3 alone
4 one by one
5 an odd one out

Characters

single / alone / odd

individual / piece (generic measure word)

Examples

这些零件需要单个检测，不能批量处理。

Zhèxiē língjiàn xūyào dāngè jiǎncè, bù néng pīliàng chǔlǐ.

These parts need to be inspected individually — they can't be processed in batches.

他单个一人完成了整个项目。

Tā dāngè yī rén wánchéng le zhěnggè xiàngmù.

He completed the entire project all by himself.

单个来看，每个问题都不大；合起来就麻烦了。

Dāngè lái kàn, měi gè wèntí dōu bù dà; héqǐlái jiù máfan le.

Looked at individually, each problem is small; combined, it becomes troublesome.

Tips

usage

单个 can be used adverbially (to handle things one at a time) or as a pre-noun modifier (a single item). It is informal-to-neutral in register. 单一 is a more formal/literary near-synonym meaning sole or singular.

Stroke Order

单 dān

个 gè