独 (獨) dú
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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) -
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) -
dú
noun
an elderly person without children
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '獨' n; Kroll 2015 '獨' 1b; NCCED '独' 2) -
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) -
dú
adverb
uniquely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 2; NCCED '独' 5) -
dú
adjective
intolerant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '独' 6) -
dú
adverb
lonely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 1a) -
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) -
dú
adverb
especially
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 6) -
dú
particle
particle suggesting disbelief
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 7) -
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
- 失独家庭(失獨家庭) a family bereaved of its only child
- 鳏寡孤独(鰥寡孤獨) widowers, widows, orphans, and the childless
- 特立独行(特立獨行) to be unconventional; independence of action
- 独苗(獨苗) only child; sole scion
- 独立(獨立) independent
- 失独(失獨) bereaved of one's only child
- 独体(獨體) an autonomous body; an independent system ; a character that cannot be divided
- 独院儿(獨院兒) a one family courtyard
- 单根独苗(單根獨苗) an only child
- 独子(獨子) only son
- 独生子女(獨生子女) an only child
- 独幕剧(獨幕劇) a single act play
- 港独(港獨) Hong Kong independence
- 独特(獨特) unique; distinct
- 独在异乡为异客(獨在異鄉為異客) a stranger in a strange land
- 独树一格(獨樹一格) to have a unique style of one's own
- 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
- 独身(獨身) unmarried; single
- 独立战争(獨立戰爭) war of independence
- 独二代(獨二代) second generation only child
- 独体字(獨體字) characters composed of a single radical
- 独语(獨語) solo part (in opera); soliloquy
- 鳌头独占(鰲頭獨占) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
- 独一无二(獨一無二) unique and unmatched; unrivalled
- 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
- 独生子(獨生子) only son
- 独步当时(獨步當時) unrivaled at that time
- 独断独行(獨斷獨行) to decide and act alone; to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself
- 独轮车(獨輪車) wheelbarrow; unicycle
- 独舞(獨舞) solo dance
- 独尊儒术(獨尊儒術) dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians
- 唯独(唯獨) only; alone
- 独居石(獨居石) monazite
- 独眼龙(獨眼龍) one-eyed person
- 不独(不獨) not only
- 江东独步(江東獨步) unrivaled ability or eloquence
- 戛戛独造(戛戛獨造) creative; original
- 单丝不成线,独木不成林(單絲不成線,獨木不成林) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
- 独创性(獨創性) originality; ingenuity
- 独守空房(獨守空房) (of a married woman) to stay home alone
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- 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
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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
- 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
- 不能独 (不能獨) 寡君不能獨任其社稷之事 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
- 独听 (獨聽) 大人肅然奏而獨聽之 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 非樂上 Book 8 - Condemnation of Music I — count: 2