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, bùnéng 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 láikàn, měigè wèntí dōu bùdà; hé qǐlái 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