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唯独

wéi dú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 唯獨

唯独 (wéi dú) means "only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 唯独 means

1. only
2. just (i.e. it is only that...)
3. all except
4. unique

How 唯独 is used in grammar

唯独 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Prepositions of Purpose, Exclusion and Basis (HSK 6)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 7-9, adverbs (范围副词).

The characters in 唯独

• 唯wéionly; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 独dúalone; independent; single

Example sentences

• 快乐存在于过去和未来，唯独不存在于现在。
  Kuàilè cúnzài yú guòqù hé wèilái, wéidú bù cúnzài yú xiànzài.
  Pleasure is always in the past or in the future, never in the present.

Sounds the same

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

• 唯读read-only (computing)
• 惟独variant of 唯独

Where 唯独 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wéi–wěi (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wéi dú correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.