独 (獨) dú

1. 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)
2. 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)
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)
4. 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)
5. dú adverb uniquely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 2; NCCED '独' 5)
6. dú adjective intolerant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '独' 6)
7. dú adverb lonely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 1a)
8. 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)
9. dú adverb especially
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 6)
10. dú particle particle suggesting disbelief
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 7)
11. 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

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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