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单独

dān dú

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 單獨

单独 (dān dú) means "alone, separately". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 单独 means

1. alone
2. by oneself
3. on one's own

The characters in 单独

• 单dānbill; list; form
• 独dúalone; independent; single

Example sentences

• 我想让他单独去做。
  Wǒ xiǎng ràng tā dāndú qù zuò.
  I want him to do it alone.
• 我想和你单独谈谈。
  I would prefer to speak to you in private.
• 她答应不单独外出。
  She promised not to go out alone.
• 汤姆和玛丽单独在一起
  Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì dāndú zàiyīqǐ
  Tom and Mary were alone.
• 我宁可不要单独去那里。
  Wǒ nìngkě bù yào dāndú qù nàli.
  I'd rather not go there alone.
• 她单独一人在公寓里住。
  She lives in an apartment alone.

Sounds the same

Read dān dú, tone for tone, but written differently.

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Where 单独 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Measurement, Quantity & Units (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dān dú correctly.
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