落单

落單

luòdān

verb

Meanings

1 to be left alone
2 to be on one's own
3 to be left out

Characters

to fall; to lag behind

Examples

爬山时千万不要落单。

Páshān shí qiānwàn bùyào luòdān.

Don't get separated from the group when hiking.

聚会上她落单了，没人和她说话。

Jùhuì shàng tā luòdān le, méi rén hé tā shuōhuà.

At the party she was left alone — nobody talked to her.

Tips

memory

落 (luò, to fall behind) + 单 (dān, single) → ‘fall into singleness’, i.e. get separated from the pack. Useful for hiking warnings and any social ‘left out’ scenario.

Stroke Order

落 luò

单 dān