独
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
dú du2
- alone
- independent
- single
- sole
- only
Example sentences
- He was too young to live alone.
- I used to play alone when I was a child.
HSK words with 独
- 独立 dúlì independent
- 单独 dāndú alone
- 独特 dútè unique; distinctive
- 独自 dúzì alone
- 孤独 gūdú lonely
- 独家 dújiā exclusive
- 独一无二 dúyīwúèr unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled
- 独裁 dúcái dictatorship
- 唯独 wéidú only
- 独唱 dúchàng (in singing) solo
- 独身 dúshēn unmarried
- 独立自主 dúlìzìzhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination
- 得天独厚 détiāndúhòu blessed by heaven (idiom)