Guest123 Posted January 19, 2016 at 06:35 PM Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 at 06:35 PM I only know that a list of people is 名单, a menu is 菜单。 Is 单 a word for all kinds of list (I know it also has other meanings, but I am now intrested only in this one). For example, if I say 公司单, would it mean a list of companies? Or 项目单 would it be a list of projects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted January 19, 2016 at 10:28 PM Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 at 10:28 PM It doesn't always combine with words in the way you suggest, example 賬單 is not a list of accounts in the sense that it is a list with a savings, chequing, investment etc account listed on it, but will have a list of fees on it. Other places you might see it would be 成績單,流水單 etc, so yes in a sense it means list, but the things on the list are not necessarily as saliently understood just from the word preceding. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boctulus Posted January 25, 2016 at 03:27 PM Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 at 03:27 PM A bill ( 賬單) is a detail so it's a list of articles to be paid so Edita has a good point... but as you said it could be an 'implicit' list 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest123 Posted January 26, 2016 at 11:12 AM Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 at 11:12 AM But what about my question? How to say "a list of companies"? Is it OK with 单,or it should be something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelyus Posted January 27, 2016 at 04:42 PM Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 at 04:42 PM The alternative is 表, which I think is more general. 单 to my ear feels a bit more ... concrete? Definite? Less spreadsheet-like perhaps. Not that 公司单 would sound all that odd - just something I wouldn't use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lling Posted January 28, 2016 at 04:31 AM Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 at 04:31 AM “公司名单” and “公司列表” are both fine for "a list of companies". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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