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
- 慎独(慎獨) to preserve a proper behavior in private life
- 独行(獨行) solitary
- 双独(雙獨) double and single; allowed dispensation to have second child
- 独步天下(獨步天下) unrivaled in the land
- 金鸡独立(金雞獨立) golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture); standing on one leg
- 独立选民(獨立選民) independent voter
- 独生子女(獨生子女) an only child
- 九宫格数独(九宮格數獨) sudoku (puzzle game)
- 独树一格(獨樹一格) to have a unique style of one's own
- 独守空房(獨守空房) (of a married woman) to stay home alone
- 独占鳌头(獨占鰲頭) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
- 藏独(藏獨) Tibetan Independence (movement)
- 独角鲸(獨角鯨) narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
- 离独(離獨) to be divorced
- 独角戏(獨角戲) monodrama; one-man show; comic talk
- 独当一面(獨當一面) to assume personal responsibility; to take charge of a section
- 独揽市场(獨攬市場) to monopolize a market
- 独居不同群(獨居不同群) living alone, they did not form a group
- 独步当时(獨步當時) unrivaled at that time
- 台独(台獨) Taiwan independence
- 己独(己獨) only him
- 港独(港獨) Hong Kong independence
- 唯独(唯獨) only; alone
- 独联体(獨聯體) Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union)
- 独步(獨步) to walk alone ; to be unrivalled; to be outstanding
- 独具只眼(獨具隻眼) to see what others fail to see; to have exceptional insight
- 独居石(獨居石) monazite
- 独霸(獨霸) sole hegemony; to monopolize; domination (of the market); personal empire
- 独身(獨身) unmarried; single
- 外商独资企业(外商獨資企業) wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE)
- 孤独(孤獨) lonely ; solitary ; fatherless or childless
- 独独(獨獨) alone
- 独属(獨屬) belonging exclusively to; exclusively for; reserved to; special
- 独夫民贼(獨夫民賊) tyrant and oppressor of the people; traitorous dictator
- 独孤求败(獨孤求敗) Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in novels
- 民贼独夫(民賊獨夫) tyrant and oppressor of the people; traitorous dictator
- 匠心独具(匠心獨具) unique ingenuity
- 独舞(獨舞) solo dance
- 失独家庭(失獨家庭) a family bereaved of its only child
- 独白(獨白) stage monologue; soliloquy
- 独断(獨斷) to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial
- 独裁(獨裁) to rule by dictatorship
- 独龙(獨龍) Drung; Dulong
- 独生(獨生) only (child); to be the sole survivor
- 独霸一方(獨霸一方) to exercise sole hegemony; to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
- 无独有偶(無獨有偶) not alone but in pairs
Also contained in
独龙江 、 陈独秀选集 、 独山县 、 贡山独龙族怒族自治县 、 墨西哥独立战争
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- 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
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 18
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
- 卷二百八十二 列傳第一百七十 儒林一 Volume 282 Biographies 170: Confucian Scholars 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 15
Collocations
- 独乐 (獨樂) 獨樂其志 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 4
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 茕独 (煢獨) 無虐煢獨 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3
- 独王 (獨王) 獨王之國 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 3
- 子独 (子獨) 吾子獨不在寡人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
- 独威 (獨威) 本定獨威 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 2