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

• 单根独苗(單根獨苗) an only child
• 独守空房(獨守空房) (of a married woman) to stay home alone
• 独立软件供应商(獨立軟件供應商) Independent software vendor (ISV)
• 独步(獨步) to walk alone ; to be unrivalled; to be outstanding
• 双独夫妇(雙獨夫婦) a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
• 孤独症(孤獨症) autism
• 独裁(獨裁) to rule by dictatorship
• 江东独步(江東獨步) unrivaled ability or eloquence
• 独有(獨有) to personally own; to possess solely; only; solely; there is only
• 独生子女(獨生子女) an only child
• 独霸(獨霸) sole hegemony; to monopolize; domination (of the market); personal empire
• 独占(獨佔) to monopolize ; to monopolize; to take sole possession
• 独领风骚(獨領風騷) most outstanding; par excellence
• 独木舟(獨木舟) canoe
• 独独(獨獨) alone
• 独生女(獨生女) an only daughter
• 离独(離獨) to be divorced
• 独当一面(獨當一面) to assume personal responsibility; to take charge of a section
• 独树一帜(獨樹一幟) to fly one's banner on a solitary tree; to act as a loner; to stand out; to develop one's own school
• 鳏寡孤独(鰥寡孤獨) widowers, widows, orphans, and the childless
• 独苗(獨苗) only child; sole scion
• 独眼龙(獨眼龍) one-eyed person
• 独资(獨資) wholly-owned (often by foreign company); exclusive investment
• 独生(獨生) only (child); to be the sole survivor
• 匠心独具(匠心獨具) unique ingenuity
• 独行侠(獨行俠) loner; single person; bachelor
• 独家(獨家) exclusive
• 独宿(獨宿) to stay alone overnight
• 独语(獨語) solo part (in opera); soliloquy
• 独轮车(獨輪車) wheelbarrow; unicycle
• 独舞(獨舞) solo dance
• 独持异议(獨持異議) to adhere to one's own ideas
• 孤独于世(孤獨於世) alone in the world
• 己独(己獨) only him
• 单打独斗(單打獨鬥) to fight alone
• 独幕剧(獨幕劇) a single act play
• 独立(獨立) independent
• 独居不同群(獨居不同群) living alone, they did not form a group
• 独尊儒术(獨尊儒術) dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians
• 得天独厚(得天獨厚) obtain favorable natural conditions by oneself; blessed by heaven; enjoying exceptional advantages; favored by nature
• 独吞(獨吞) to hog; to keep everything for oneself
• 独木桥(獨木橋) single log bridge
• 外商独资企业(外商獨資企業) wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE)
• 独酌(獨酌) to drink alone
• 唯独(唯獨) only; alone
• 独霸一方(獨霸一方) to exercise sole hegemony; to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
• 独语句(獨語句) a one word sentence
• 戛戛独造(戛戛獨造) creative; original
• 站独房(站獨房) to stay in a room as the only tenant

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独山子区 、 独立宣言

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• 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
• 卷九十二 列傳第六十二 文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 15

Collocations

• 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
• 独乐 (獨樂) 獨樂其志 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — 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
• 独王 (獨王) 獨王之國 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — 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
• 子独 (子獨) 吾子獨不在寡人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
• 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