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單位

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Mandarin · pinyin dān wèi

unit (of measure)
unit (group of people as a whole)
work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
Classifier: 個 gè

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位: wèi · throne; position, post; rank, status; seat
单: dān · single, individual, only; lone

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1–4 · dan1 wei4

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daan1 wai2 · daan1 wai6

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noun

unit of measure; unit of measurement; unit (Classifier: 個／个)
unit (in an organisation, or other contexts) (Classifier: 個／个)
work unit; danwei (Classifier: 個／个)
(by extension) workplace (Classifier: 個／个)
(Hong Kong) flat (apartment) unit (Classifier: 個／个)

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