独 (獨) dú
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dú
adjective
alone; independent; single; sole
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 独 is used in this sense as an adjective and as an adverb in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '獨' adj; Kroll 2015 '獨' 1; NCCED '独' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 133; Unihan '獨'). For example, 孟子獨不與驩言 'There is only Mencius who does not speak to me ...' (Mengzi: 8.27/43/27, translation by Legge) -
dú
adverb
to be independent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 专断 (Guoyu '獨' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '獨' 3; NCCED '独' 3) -
dú
noun
an elderly person without children
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '獨' n; Kroll 2015 '獨' 1b; NCCED '独' 2) -
dú
adverb
only
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 只 (Guoyu '獨' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '獨' 4; NCCED '独' 4) -
dú
adverb
uniquely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 2; NCCED '独' 5) -
dú
adjective
intolerant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '独' 6) -
dú
adverb
lonely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 1a) -
dú
adverb
yet; still
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 偏偏 (Guoyu '獨' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '獨' 5) -
dú
adverb
especially
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 6) -
dú
particle
particle suggesting disbelief
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 7) -
dú
noun
doucs; douc langurs
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A kind of old world monkey in the genus Pygathrix (Kroll 2015 '獨' 8)
Contained in
- 遗世独立(遺世獨立) to renounce mundane life and live as a recluse
- 独院(獨院) a one family courtyard
- 独守空房(獨守空房) (of a married woman) to stay home alone
- 独到(獨到) original
- 独木舟(獨木舟) canoe
- 独具匠心(獨具匠心) original and ingenious
- 离独(離獨) to be divorced
- 特立独行(特立獨行) to be unconventional; independence of action
- 推群独步(推群獨步) to stand out from the crowd unrivaled
- 独夫(獨夫) sole ruler; dictator
- 独白(獨白) stage monologue; soliloquy
- 空床难独守(空床難獨守) it is hard alone to keep an empty bed
- 独角鲸(獨角鯨) narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
- 独二代(獨二代) second generation only child
- 独酌(獨酌) to drink alone
- 独断专行(獨斷專行) to decide and act alone; to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself
- 独资(獨資) wholly-owned (often by foreign company); exclusive investment
- 独尊儒术(獨尊儒術) dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians
- 非独(非獨) not only; not merely
- 台独(台獨) Taiwan independence
- 独孤求败(獨孤求敗) Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in novels
- 己独(己獨) only him
- 独胆英雄(獨膽英雄) bold and courageous hero
- 独脚跳(獨腳跳) to jump on one foot; to hop
- 独属(獨屬) belonging exclusively to; exclusively for; reserved to; special
- 独幕剧(獨幕劇) a single act play
- 独创(獨創) to come up with (an innovation); innovation
- 非独立(非獨立) dependent
- 独院儿(獨院兒) a one family courtyard
- 独立自主(獨立自主) independent and autonomous
- 独立中文笔会(獨立中文筆會) Independent Chinese PEN center
- 独力(獨力) all by oneself; without exterior help
- 孤独症(孤獨症) autism
- 不独(不獨) not only
- 独眼龙(獨眼龍) one-eyed person
- 港独(港獨) Hong Kong independence
- 独居(獨居) to live alone; to live a solitary existence
- 独放异彩(獨放異彩) to project singular splendor or radiance; to perform brilliantly
- 独步当时(獨步當時) unrivaled at that time
- 独步天下(獨步天下) unrivaled in the land
- 独特(獨特) unique; distinct
- 独唱(獨唱) (in singing) solo; to solo
- 独龙(獨龍) Drung; Dulong
- 无独有偶(無獨有偶) not alone but in pairs
- 独行其是(獨行其是) to go one's own way; to act independently without asking others
- 独居不同群(獨居不同群) living alone, they did not form a group
Also contained in
美国独立战争 、 独龙江 、 独立报 、 独立国家联合体 、 墨西哥独立战争
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
- 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 20
- 卷三百三十六 列傳第九十五 司馬光子:康 呂公著子:希哲 希純 Volume 336 Biographies 95: Sima Guang and sons:Kang, Lu Gongzhe and son: Xizhe, Xi Chun History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 18
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
- 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
- 卷十一 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 11: Book of Wei 11 - Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Liang, Guo, Tian, Wang, Bing, and Guan Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 16
- 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 15
Collocations
- 独知 (獨知) 今諸侯獨知愛其國 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛中 Book 4 - Universal Love II — count: 4
- 独乐 (獨樂) 獨樂其志 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 4
- 独举 (獨舉) 夫誰獨舉其國以攻人之國者哉 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III — count: 4
- 足独 (足獨) 天子以其知力爲未足獨治天下 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同下 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior III — count: 4
- 茕独 (煢獨) 無虐煢獨 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3
- 不可独 (不可獨) 大木不可獨伐也 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 3
- 独王 (獨王) 獨王之國 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 3
- 独寐 (獨寐) 獨寐寤言 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧考槃 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Kao Pan — count: 3
- 独善 (獨善) 何以獨善之也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪服四制》 The Four Principles Underlying the Dress of Mourning — count: 2
- 独无有 (獨無有) 我獨無有 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2