独 (獨) dú
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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) -
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) -
noun
an elderly person without children
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '獨' n; Kroll 2015 '獨' 1b; NCCED '独' 2) -
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) -
adverb
uniquely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 2; NCCED '独' 5) -
adjective
intolerant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '独' 6) -
adverb
lonely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 1a) -
adverb
yet / still
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 偏偏 (Guoyu '獨' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '獨' 5) -
adverb
especially
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 6) -
particle
particle suggesting disbelief
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 7) -
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
- 不独(不獨) not only
- 独立(獨立) independent
- 站独房(站獨房) to stay in a room as the only tenant
- 孤独(孤獨) lonely ; solitary ; fatherless or childless
- 独木舟(獨木舟) canoe
- 独特(獨特) unique / distinct
- 单独(單獨) alone / by oneself / on one's own
- 独自(獨自) alone
- 独裁(獨裁) to rule by dictatorship
- 独立自主(獨立自主) independent and autonomous
- 惟独(惟獨) only
- 独子(獨子) only son
- 独一无二(獨一無二) unique and unmatched / unrivalled
- 独处(獨處) to live alone / to be alone with
- 独体字(獨體字) characters composed of a single radical
- 独语句(獨語句) a one word sentence
- 独家(獨家) exclusive
- 独占(獨佔) to monopolize ; to monopolize / to take sole possession
- 独居(獨居) to live alone / to live a solitary existence
- 独体(獨體) an autonomous body / an independent system ; a character that cannot be divided
- 唯独(唯獨) only / alone
- 独具匠心(獨具匠心) original and ingenious
- 独具(獨具) to have unique (talent, insight etc)
- 独龙族(獨龍族) Derung People
- 独有(獨有) to personally own / to possess solely / only / solely / there is only
- 独步(獨步) to walk alone ; to be prominent / unrivalled / outstanding
- 鳏寡孤独(鰥寡孤獨) widowers, widows, orphans, and the childless
- 得天独厚(得天獨厚) obtain favorable natural conditions by oneself / blessed by heaven / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature
- 独木不成林(獨木不成林) a lone tree does not make a forest / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
- 独到(獨到) original
- 独行(獨行) solitary
- 独身(獨身) unmarried / single
Also contained in
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 《文選》 — count: 22
- 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
- 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 《文選》 — count: 18
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 《文選》 — count: 18
- 卷二十 趙三 Chapter 20: Zhao III Stratagems of the Warring States 《戰國策》 — count: 17
- 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: 16
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: 5
- 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
- 独乐 (獨樂) 獨樂其志 — The Book of Rites 《禮記》, 《樂記》 Record of Music — 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
- 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
- 独入 (獨入) 獨出獨入 — Guanzi 《管子》, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 2
- 从事独 (從事獨) 我從事獨賢 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 小雅‧谷風之什‧北山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Bei Shan — count: 2