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

• 双独(雙獨) double and single; allowed dispensation to have second child
• 独揽(獨攬) to monopolize
• 独立自主(獨立自主) independent and autonomous
• 独角鲸(獨角鯨) narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
• 独领风骚(獨領風騷) most outstanding; par excellence
• 慎独(慎獨) to preserve a proper behavior in private life
• 独轮车(獨輪車) wheelbarrow; unicycle
• 独行(獨行) solitary
• 独生子(獨生子) only son
• 独立钻石(獨立鑽石) solitaire (puzzle)
• 失独家庭(失獨家庭) a family bereaved of its only child
• 己独(己獨) only him
• 独持异议(獨持異議) to adhere to one's own ideas
• 江东独步(江東獨步) unrivaled ability or eloquence
• 台独(台獨) Taiwan independence
• 推群独步(推群獨步) to stand out from the crowd unrivaled
• 独身(獨身) unmarried; single
• 独出一时(獨出一時) incomparable; head and shoulders above the competition
• 独霸一方(獨霸一方) to exercise sole hegemony; to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
• 独人秀(獨人秀) one-man show
• 独处(獨處) to live alone; to be alone with
• 独占鼇头(獨占鼇頭) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
• 独龙族(獨龍族) Derung People
• 独栋(獨棟) (of a building) detached
• 独立门户(獨立門戶) to live apart from parents (of married couple); to achieve independence
• 独具(獨具) to have unique (talent, insight etc)
• 独守空房(獨守空房) (of a married woman) to stay home alone
• 独木桥(獨木橋) single log bridge
• 独在异乡为异客(獨在異鄉為異客) a stranger in a strange land
• 独夫(獨夫) sole ruler; dictator
• 独宿(獨宿) to stay alone overnight
• 戛戛独造(戛戛獨造) creative; original
• 外商独资企业(外商獨資企業) wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE)
• 独立中文笔会(獨立中文筆會) Independent Chinese PEN center
• 独苗(獨苗) only child; sole scion
• 独龙(獨龍) Drung; Dulong
• 独院(獨院) a one family courtyard
• 独属(獨屬) belonging exclusively to; exclusively for; reserved to; special
• 鳏寡孤独(鰥寡孤獨) widowers, widows, orphans, and the childless
• 独到(獨到) original
• 独角兽(獨角獸) unicorn
• 鳌头独占(鰲頭獨占) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
• 独步当时(獨步當時) unrivaled at that time
• 独辟蹊径(獨辟蹊徑) to blaze a new trail; to display originality
• 独创性(獨創性) originality; ingenuity
• 非独(非獨) not only; not merely
• 独行侠(獨行俠) loner; single person; bachelor

Also contained in

独立报 、 独岛 、 独山县 、 美国独立战争

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
• 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
• 卷十六 Scroll 16 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
• 卷一百一十一　　列傳第三十六　　　　郭二張三王蘇薛程唐 Volume 111 Biographies 36: Guo, two Zhangs, three Wangs, Xu, Xue, Cheng, Tang New Book of Tang 新唐書 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 独威 (獨威) 本定獨威 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 2
• 独明 (獨明) 夫王者有所獨明 — Guanzi 管子, 霸言第二十三 Chapter 23: The Sovereign's Words — count: 2