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独立

dú lì

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

独立 (dú lì) means "independent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 独立 means

1. independent
2. independence
3. to stand alone

The characters in 独立

• 独dúalone; independent; single
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish

Example sentences

• 车臣人倾向独立。
  Chēchénrén qīngxiàng dúlì.
  Chechens have inclinations towards independence.
• 你必须独立完成。
  You have to do it by yourself.
• 他独立于他的父母。
  Tā dúlì yú tā de fùmǔ.
  He is independent of his parents.
• 他是个独立思考者。
  He is an independent thinker.
• 我们的人民渴望独立。
  Our people thirst for independence.
• 我想要独立完成工作。
  I want to finish the work on my own.

Words starting with 独立

• 独立自主dú lì zì zhǔindependent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently…
• 独立宣言dú lì xuān yánDeclaration of Independence
• 独立报Dú lì BàoThe Independent
• 独立战争dú lì zhàn zhēngwar of independence
• 独立选民dú lì xuǎn mínindependent voter
• 独立门户dú lì mén hùto live apart from parents (of married couple); to achieve independence
• 独立显卡dú lì xiǎn kǎ(computing) discrete GPU; dedicated GPU
• 独立中文笔会dú lì Zhōng wén bǐ huìIndependent Chinese PEN center
• 独立钻石dú lì zuàn shísolitaire (puzzle)
• 独立国家联合体Dú lì guó jiā lián hé tǐCommonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union)

Words containing 独立

• 非独立fēi dú lìdependent
• 司法独立sī fǎ dú lìjudicial independence
• 美国独立战争Měi guó Dú lì Zhàn zhēngAmerican War of Independence (1775-1783)
• 金鸡独立jīn jī dú lìgolden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture); standing on one leg

Sounds the same

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

• 独力all by oneself; without exterior help
• 毒力virulence

Where 独立 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Reform, Change & Innovation (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 dú lì correctly.
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