單丁

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: duan1 dêng1
POJ: tuaⁿ-teng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: only son
獨子

單丁 has both a noun sense ('only son', literary/Teochew) and adverbial senses ('only; merely') under the same reading; the noun sense was picked as most relevant given the Teochew-labeled reading.

Usage: literary

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