脫單

Chinese

		to shed; to take off; to escape to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from	bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain
trad. (脫單/脱單)		脫/脱	單
simp. (脱单)		脱	单

Etymology

Short for 脫離單身／脱离单身 (tuōlí dānshēn, “to break away from singledom”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuōdān

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛㄉㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tyut³ daan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuōdān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄉㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuodan
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-tan¹
  - Yale: twō-dān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuodan
  - Palladius: тодань (todanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tyut³ daan¹
  - Yale: tyut dāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tyt⁸ daan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tüd³ dan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːt̚³ taːn⁵⁵/

Verb

脫單

(neologism, slang) to start dating; to be no longer single

Synonyms

(Hong Kong) 出pool (ceot¹ pu¹)

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