# 打單
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): da$^3$ dan$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daa$^2$ daan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tá-tân
    (Meixian, Guangdong): da$^3$ dan$^1$
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): da$^3$ dan$^1$
    (Loudi, Wiktionary): da$^{3-5}$ dann$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: da$^3$ dan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: daadan
*** Sinological IPA : /ta⁵³ tan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daa$^2$ daan$^1$
*** Yale: dá dāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daa$^2$ daan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: da$^2$ dan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taː³⁵ taːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-tân
*** Hakka Romanization System: da$^ˋ$ dan$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: da$^3$ dan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ tan²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: da$^3$ dan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ tan⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: da$^3$ dan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ta̠⁴¹ tan³³/
** (Loudi)
*** Wiktionary: da$^{3-5}$ dann$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ta̠¹¹ tã̠⁴⁴/

### Verb

打單
* (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin) to write a letter as a means of extortion or ransom
* (Sichuanese) to take apart a set
* (Taiwanese Hakka) to buy a ticket
* (Liuzhou Mandarin) to become only one (from being a pair)
* (Wuhan Mandarin) to buy single-layer clothing
* (Changsha Xiang) to not form a pair
* (Changsha Xiang) to wear on its own (an article of clothing)
* (Loudi Xiang, impersonal) to have frost appear

#### Synonyms

* (to buy a ticket): 買票／买票 (mǎipiào); (Hokkien) 拆票 (chāipiào), 拆單／拆单
* (to not form a pair): (Xiang) 打單掉／打单掉
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 下霜, 降霜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 下霜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 下霜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 下霜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 下霜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 下霜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 下霜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 下霜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 下霜, 打霜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 下霜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 下霜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 下霜, 來霜, 落霜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 下霜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 下霜, 打霜, 打白頭霜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 落霜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 打霜, 下霜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 打霜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 結霜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 下霜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 下霜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 落霜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 落霧 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 落霜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 打霜 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 打霜, 扣霜 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 打霜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 落霜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 打霜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 落霜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 落霜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 落霜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 落霜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 落霜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 落霜 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 下霜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 下霜 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 起霜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 落霜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 落霜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 落霜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 落霜 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 落霜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 落霜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 落霜 GT |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 落霜 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 落霜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 落霜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 霜打, 打霜, 落霜, 霜降 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 下霜 |
| Wu | Danyang | 下霜, 打霜 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 落霜 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 落霜 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 降霜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 落霜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 打霜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 打霜, 打單 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 打霜 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Related terms

* (to buy a ticket): (Hakka) 打票

### Adverb

打單
* (Meixian Hakka, Wuhan Mandarin and Sichuanese) alone; by oneself; solitary

#### Synonyms

* 一個人 / 一个人 (yīgèrén)
* 一家頭 / 一家头 ($^7$iq-ka-deu) (Shanghainese)
* 一手
* 單個 / 单个 (dāngè)
* 單獨 / 单独 (dāndú)
* 獨個 / 独个 (dúgè)
* 獨自 / 独自 (dúzì)
* 空身 (kōngshēn)
* 隻身 / 只身 (zhīshēn) (literary)