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
- 港独(港獨) Hong Kong independence
- 独占鳌头(獨佔鰲頭) to come first in triennial palace examinations / to be the champion
- 独属(獨屬) belonging exclusively to / exclusively for / reserved to / special
- 独具匠心(獨具匠心) original and ingenious
- 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 ; to come first in triennial palace examinations / to be the champion
- 独语(獨語) solo part (in opera) / soliloquy
- 独资(獨資) wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment
- 独苗(獨苗) only child / sole scion
- 独二代(獨二代) second generation only child
- 独木难成林(獨木難成林) a lone tree does not make a forest
- 独裁(獨裁) to rule by dictatorship
- 一枝独秀(一枝獨秀) only one branch of the tree is thriving / to be in a league of one's own / outstanding
- 鳏寡孤独(鰥寡孤獨) widowers, widows, orphans, and the childless
- 独特(獨特) unique / distinct
- 独迈(獨邁) walked my own path
- 独霸一方(獨霸一方) to exercise sole hegemony / to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
- 踽踽独行(踽踽獨行) to walk alone
- 空床难独守(空床難獨守) it is hard alone to keep an empty bed
- 独脚跳(獨腳跳) to jump on one foot / to hop
- 独子(獨子) only son
- 独在异乡为异客(獨在異鄉為異客) a stranger in a strange land
- 独领风骚(獨領風騷) most outstanding / par excellence
- 独占鼇头(獨占鼇頭) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
- 藏独(藏獨) Tibetan Independence (movement)
- 独尊儒术(獨尊儒術) dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians
- 独居石(獨居石) monazite
- 独夫民贼(獨夫民賊) tyrant and oppressor of the people / traitorous dictator
- 你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥(你走你的陽關道,我過我的獨木橋) you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge / you go your way, I'll go mine
- 戛戛独造(戛戛獨造) creative / original
- 九宫格数独(九宮格數獨) sudoku (puzzle game)
- 独角戏(獨角戲) monodrama / one-man show / comic talk
- 独联体(獨聯體) Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union)
- 特立独行(特立獨行) to be unconventional / independence of action
- 独有(獨有) to personally own / to possess solely / only / solely / there is only
- 独自(獨自) alone
- 独白(獨白) stage monologue / soliloquy
- 鳌头独占(鰲頭獨占) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
- 情有独钟(情有獨鍾) to have a special fondness
- 推群独步(推群獨步) to stand out from the crowd unrivaled
- 唯独(唯獨) only / alone
- 独步当时(獨步當時) unrivaled at that time
- 独断(獨斷) to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial
- 慎独(慎獨) to preserve a proper behavior in private life
Also contained in
独柯多 、 独山县 、 独山子区 、 独参 、 独立国家联合体 、 贡山独龙族怒族自治县 、 妙玄独脚
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
- 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
- 卷十 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 10: Book of Wei 10 - Biographies of Xun Yu, Xun You, and Jia Xu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 16
Collocations
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 岂能独 (豈能獨) 豈能獨樂哉 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 2
- 女独 (女獨) 女獨不慶寡人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2