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独

dú

HSK 5 Character Traditional 獨

What 独 means

1. alone
2. independent
3. single
4. sole
5. only

Example sentences

• 很独特。
  It's unique.
• 她还是独身
  Tā háishi dúshēn
  She's still single.
• 我独自玩。
  I play alone.
• 我很独特。
  I'm unique.
• 你很独特。
  You are unique.
• 您很独特。
  You are unique.

Words starting with 独

• 独立dú lìindependent; independence; to stand alone
• 独特dú tèunique; distinctive
• 独裁dú cáidictatorship
• 独自dú zìalone
• 独家dú jiāexclusive
• 独有dú yǒuto own exclusively; unique to; specific; there is only
• 独一无二dú yī wú èr(idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled
• 独到dú dàooriginal
• 独白dú báistage monologue; soliloquy
• 独生子女dú shēng zǐ nǚan only child
• 独处dú chǔto live alone; to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
• 独裁者dú cái zhědictator; autocrat
• 独身dú shēnunmarried; single; alone
• 独奏dú zòusolo
• 独创dú chuàngto come up with (an innovation); innovation
• 独占dú zhànto have all to oneself; to monopolize
• 独唱dú chàng(in singing) solo; to solo
• 独资dú zīwholly-owned (often by foreign company); exclusive investment
• 独居dú jūto live alone; to live a solitary existence
• 独立自主dú lì zì zhǔindependent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently…
• 独具dú jùto have unique (talent, insight etc)
• 独生子dú shēng zǐa son who is an only child
• 独树一帜dú shù yī zhìlit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner…
• 独木桥dú mù qiáosingle-log bridge; (fig.) difficult path

Words containing 独

• 单独dān dúalone; by oneself; on one's own
• 孤独gū dúlonely; solitary
• 唯独wéi dúonly; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except
• 得天独厚dé tiān dú hòublessed by heaven (idiom); enjoying exceptional advantages; favored by nature
• 台独Tái dúTaiwan independence; (of Taiwan) to declare independence
• 陈独秀Chén Dú xiùChen Duxiu (1879-1942), co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921
• 情有独钟qíng yǒu dú zhōngto have a special fondness (for sth)
• 特立独行tè lì dú xíngto be unconventional; independence of action
• 无独有偶wú dú yǒu ǒunot alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence…
• 不独bù dúnot only
• 一枝独秀yī zhī dú xiùlit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)…
• 单打独斗dān dǎ dú dòuto fight alone (idiom)
• 失独shī dúbereaved of one's only child
• 数独shù dúsudoku (puzzle game)
• 统独tǒng dúunification and independence
• 离独lí dúto be divorced
• 非独fēi dúnot only; not merely
• 非独立fēi dú lìdependent
• 司法独立sī fǎ dú lìjudicial independence
• 失独家庭shī dú jiā tínga family bereaved of its only child
• 美国独立战争Měi guó Dú lì Zhàn zhēngAmerican War of Independence (1775-1783)
• 外商独资企业wài shāng dú zī qǐ yèwholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China); abbr. to 外资企业
• 双独shuāng dúdouble and single; allowed dispensation to have second child
• 双独夫妇shuāng dú fū fùa married couple allowed dispensation to have second child

Characters built on 虫

These share the phonetic component 虫 (chóng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 烛zhúcandle; (literary) to illuminate
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat
• 蝴húused in 蝴蝶
• 蠕rúto squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle
• 蜀Shǔshort name for Sichuan 四川; one of the Three Kingdoms 三国
• 蛊gǔarch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch

Characters that look like 独

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 账zhàngaccount; bill; debt
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 浊zhuóturbid; muddy; impure
• 轶yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient

Sounds the same

Read dú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 读to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
• 毒poison; to poison; poisonous
• 渎disrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 犊calf; sacrificial victim
• 牍documents
• 髑used in 髑髅
• 黩blacken; constantly; to insult
• 椟cabinet; case; casket
• 㱩abortion; stillborn
• 𮙋to murmur; to slander
• 贕still-born chick (in unhatched egg); variant of 㱩
• 韣bow case