单 dān
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 丷 — horns
单薄
dānbó
thin; weak; flimsy; insubstantial
Characters in this word
薄 báo
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 溥 big, great, vast
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他的证据链过于单薄，无法支撑如此严重的指控。 Tā de zhèngjùliàn guòyú dānbó, wúfǎ zhīchēng rúcǐ yánzhòng de zhǐkòng. His chain of evidence is too weak to support such a serious accusation.
- 冬天他只穿了一件单薄的外套，冻得直发抖。 Dōngtiān tā zhǐ chuān le yí jiàn dānbó de wàitào, dòng de zhí fādǒu. In winter he wore only a thin jacket and shivered with cold.
- 这篇文章内容太单薄，读完什么也没记住。 Zhè piān wénzhāng nèiróng tài dānbó, dú wán shénme yě méi jìzhù. The content of this article is too thin; I remembered nothing after reading it.
Related words
- 菜单 càidān menu
- 单位 dānwèi organization; workplace
- 名单 míngdān name list
- 单元 dānyuán unit; section
- 简单 jiǎndān simple; easy
- 单 dān single
- 单纯 dānchún simple; innocent
- 单调 dāndiào boring; monotonous
- 单独 dāndú alone; by oneself
- 单一 dānyī single; monotonous
- 订单 dìngdān order form, purchase order
- 下单 xiàdān to place an order