| 1 | 单位 | 單位 | dān wèi | dan1 wei4 | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform); Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 简单 | 簡單 | jiǎn dān | jian3 dan1 | simple; not complicated | | |
| 3 | 单 | 單 | dān | dan1 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 单纯 | 單純 | dān chún | dan1 chun2 | simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely | | |
| 5 | 单独 | 單獨 | dān dú | dan1 du2 | alone; by oneself; on one's own | | |
| 6 | 单一 | 單一 | dān yī | dan1 yi1 | unlined garment; single; only; sole | | |
| 7 | 单调 | 單調 | dān diào | dan1 diao4 | monotonous | | |
| 8 | 名单 | 名單 | míng dān | ming2 dan1 | list of names | | |
| 9 | 单个 | 單個 | dān ge | dan1 ge5 | single; alone; individually; an odd one | | |
| 10 | 单元 | 單元 | dān yuán | dan1 yuan2 | unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase | | |
| 11 | 单细胞 | 單細胞 | dān xì bāo | dan1 xi4 bao1 | single-celled (organism); unicellular | | |
| 12 | 单体 | 單體 | dān tǐ | dan1 ti3 | monomer (chemistry) | | |
| 13 | 单打 | 單打 | dān dǎ | dan1 da3 | singles (in sports); Classifiers: 场 | | |
| 14 | 简单化 | 簡單化 | jiǎn dān huà | jian3 dan1 hua4 | simplification; to simplify | | |
| 15 | 不单 | 不單 | bù dān | bu4 dan1 | not the only; not merely; not simply | | |
| 16 | 单词 | 單詞 | dān cí | dan1 ci2 | word; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 17 | 床单 | 床單 | chuáng dān | chuang2 dan1 | bed sheet; Classifiers: 条 | | |
| 18 | 不简单 | 不簡單 | bù jiǎn dān | bu4 jian3 dan1 | not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous | | |
| 19 | 红黑名单 | 紅黑名單 | hóng hēi míng dān | hong2 hei1 ming2 dan1 | whitelist and blacklist, i.e. 红名单 and 黑名单 | | |
| 20 | 单车族 | 單車族 | dān chē zú | dan1 che1 zu2 | cyclist | | |
| 21 | 单团 | 單團 | dān tuán | dan1 tuan2 | ad hoc group (tour group with a customized itinerary) | | |
| 22 | 回执单 | 回執單 | huí zhí dān | hui2 zhi2 dan1 | receipt | | |
| 23 | 红名单 | 紅名單 | hóng míng dān | hong2 ming2 dan1 | whitelist | | |
| 24 | 单间差 | 單間差 | dān jiān chā | dan1 jian1 cha1 | single supplement (for a hotel room) | | |
| 25 | 榜单 | 榜單 | bǎng dān | bang3 dan1 | list of successful applicants for college admission; list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric | | |