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

• 独裁政体(獨裁政體) autocracy
• 独语(獨語) solo part (in opera); soliloquy
• 独出一时(獨出一時) incomparable; head and shoulders above the competition
• 孤独(孤獨) lonely ; solitary ; fatherless or childless
• 独属(獨屬) belonging exclusively to; exclusively for; reserved to; special
• 独一无二(獨一無二) unique and unmatched; unrivalled
• 数独(數獨) sudoku (puzzle game)
• 独处(獨處) to live alone; to be alone with
• 推群独步(推群獨步) to stand out from the crowd unrivaled
• 独特(獨特) unique; distinct
• 离独(離獨) to be divorced
• 无独有偶(無獨有偶) not alone but in pairs
• 独轮车(獨輪車) wheelbarrow; unicycle
• 独吞(獨吞) to hog; to keep everything for oneself
• 得天独厚(得天獨厚) obtain favorable natural conditions by oneself; blessed by heaven; enjoying exceptional advantages; favored by nature
• 台独(台獨) Taiwan independence
• 独角鲸(獨角鯨) narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
• 独出心裁(獨出心裁) to display originality; to do things differently
• 慎独(慎獨) to preserve a proper behavior in private life
• 独放异彩(獨放異彩) to project singular splendor or radiance; to perform brilliantly
• 单独(單獨) alone; by oneself; on one's own
• 独辟蹊径(獨辟蹊徑) to blaze a new trail; to display originality
• 独角戏(獨角戲) monodrama; one-man show; comic talk
• 外商独资企业(外商獨資企業) wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE)
• 非独立(非獨立) dependent
• 匠心独运(匠心獨運) original and ingenious ; to show great creativity
• 独立战争(獨立戰爭) war of independence
• 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
• 独人秀(獨人秀) one-man show
• 独白(獨白) stage monologue; soliloquy
• 匠心独具(匠心獨具) unique ingenuity
• 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
• 独生子(獨生子) only son
• 独幕剧(獨幕劇) a single act play
• 失独(失獨) bereaved of one's only child
• 独具(獨具) to have unique (talent, insight etc)
• 双独夫妇(雙獨夫婦) a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
• 独自(獨自) alone
• 独身(獨身) unmarried; single
• 独角兽(獨角獸) unicorn
• 独院(獨院) a one family courtyard
• 己独(己獨) only him
• 独树一格(獨樹一格) to have a unique style of one's own
• 惟独(惟獨) only

Also contained in

独山 、 妙玄独脚 、 陈独秀 、 独生子女政策 、 独立宣言 、 独山子 、 贡山独龙族怒族自治县

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 20
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — 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: 15

Collocations

• 独乐 (獨樂) 獨樂其志 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — 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
• 茕独 (煢獨) 無虐煢獨 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — 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
• 独王 (獨王) 獨王之國 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 3
• 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
• 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