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

• 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