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)

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• 站独房(站獨房) to stay in a room as the only tenant
• 独角兽(獨角獸) unicorn
• 九宫格数独(九宮格數獨) sudoku (puzzle game)
• 独尊儒术(獨尊儒術) dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians
• 独栋(獨棟) (of a building) detached
• 独木桥(獨木橋) single log bridge
• 失独(失獨) bereaved of one's only child
• 独裁者(獨裁者) dictator; autocrat
• 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
• 独占鼇头(獨占鼇頭) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
• 独立钻石(獨立鑽石) solitaire (puzzle)
• 非独立(非獨立) dependent
• 鼇头独占(鼇頭獨占) top rank in the Hanlin examinations
• 惟独(惟獨) only
• 独角鲸(獨角鯨) narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
• 独处(獨處) to live alone; to be alone with
• 独揽市场(獨攬市場) to monopolize a market
• 独到(獨到) original
• 独霸一方(獨霸一方) to exercise sole hegemony; to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc)
• 独立自主(獨立自主) independent and autonomous
• 数独(數獨) sudoku (puzzle game)
• 独奏(獨奏) solo
• 匠心独运(匠心獨運) original and ingenious ; to show great creativity
• 独力(獨力) all by oneself; without exterior help
• 独立战争(獨立戰爭) war of independence
• 独迈(獨邁) walked my own path
• 民贼独夫(民賊獨夫) tyrant and oppressor of the people; traitorous dictator
• 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
• 独体字(獨體字) characters composed of a single radical
• 独裁(獨裁) to rule by dictatorship
• 台独(台獨) Taiwan independence
• 独出一时(獨出一時) incomparable; head and shoulders above the competition
• 推群独步(推群獨步) to stand out from the crowd unrivaled
• 独酌(獨酌) to drink alone
• 单独(單獨) alone; by oneself; on one's own
• 独角戏(獨角戲) monodrama; one-man show; comic talk
• 双独(雙獨) double and single; allowed dispensation to have second child
• 独独(獨獨) alone
• 独体(獨體) an autonomous body; an independent system ; a character that cannot be divided
• 独步天下(獨步天下) unrivaled in the land
• 离独(離獨) to be divorced
• 江东独步(江東獨步) unrivaled ability or eloquence
• 独立软件供应商(獨立軟件供應商) Independent software vendor (ISV)
• 独一(獨一) only; unique

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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
• 卷二百八十二 列傳第一百七十 儒林一 Volume 282 Biographies 170: Confucian Scholars 1 History of Ming 明史 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 独左右 (獨左右) 三公又以其知力爲未足獨左右天子也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同下 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior III — count: 2
• 守独 (守獨) 守獨智巫卜望氣之請而已 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 迎敵祠 Book 15 - The Sacrifice against the Coming of the Enemy — count: 2